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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • coker7101@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: "John Coker" <coker4020@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johngabba12@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:10:14 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

Engr.John Adeyemi-Coker
Treasury Controller
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Email:coker7101@yahoo.ca
Dear Sir,

BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

I am the Treasury Controller, Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation[NNPC] and a close associate of the immediate past Minister of
Petroleum Resources.

A total sum of US$88 millions was recovered from an over-invoiced
contracts involving the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation[NNPC] and
several foreign contractors in Europe and United States of which, the sum of
US$53,700,000.00 had been paid to the contractors upon the completion of the
contracts before the emergence of this present Civilian Administration.

The balance of US$34,300,000.00 is what I intend to transfer to a save
account abroad reason for contacting you.

We are soliciting that you help us to receive the fund in trust. We
cannot complete this transaction smoothly without the participation of a
foreign partner who would provide an account where the funds could be
lodged. Since it is a contract payment, the funds must be remitted to a
foreign account.

The remittance of the funds requires little documentation that would be
completed as soon as you provide us with a secured bank account where
you may wish to receive the money.

There is no risk involved on your part in this transaction as all will be
process through a legal means.

What we require from you by e-mail are as follows:
{i} Acceptance letter to this offer
{ii} Your real name
(iii)Your personal mailing address
(iv) Your company's name
(v) Your confidential telephone/fax numbers.
(vi) A scaned copy of your international passport or drivers license.
Percentage will be discussed when you indicate your interest.
Thank you.

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