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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Azubuike Summawinna" <s_a_zubuike1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hhmmor@naveganas.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:31:38 +0000
Subject: Re: Engr. Summawinna Azubuike Offer for Investment

FROM THE DESK OF ENGR. SUMMAWINNA,
DIRECTOR FOR PROJECT/IMPLEMENTATION.
NNPC.
If Interested call me Tel: + 234-8060683250

Dear Friend,

I am Engr. Summawinna Azubuike a Director, project implementation with the
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) based in Warri, Delta State,
Nigeria.

In November 2004, I and my colleagues received gratification of Ten million,
Five hundred thousand US Dollars ($10,500,000.00) from a foreign firm for
the construction of and maintenance of 250 Million (LPG) Gas Plant at Warri
Refinery. This fund in question is under the custody of Security Company
here in Nigeria a country in a West African sub-region for safekeeping
pending when we are ready for onward transfer into a foreign outside Africa.

As a civil servant still in an active service we are prohibited to operate a
foreign account therefore we are seeking for a foreign partner who can
assist in receiving this fund and at the same time advice us for a lucrative
business investment which he will be managing or on the other hand, help us
to oversee on our behalf pending when we retire and possible come over for
our investment. For this reason we are contacting you for such undertaken
and if eventually you are willing and ready for such business, we have
agreed to give you 20% of the total sum while we shall have 70% and the
remaining 10% has been mapped out for any expenses we might encounter during
the process of the transfer of the above fund.

I have been mandated to seek for a trustworthy foreign company or an
individual who could help to provide bank account to receive the money for
investment without any hitch.

Therefore, if this offer is acceptable to you, please address for further
clarification and briefing .I look forward to

hearing from you soon.

Best Regard,
Engr. Summawinna Azubuike

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