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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "William Peter" <willpeters20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: willpeters20@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:03:21 +0000
Subject: Re: Mail

FROM:THE DESK OF ENG. WILLIAM PETER
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(NNPC) LAGOS-NIGERIA .


Dear Sir/Ma,

It is with trust and confidence that I write to reveal this urgent
business relationship to you. I was assigned by two of my colleagues to
seek for a foreign partner who will assist us in providing a convenient
account in a designated bank overseas for the transfer of US$32,000,
000.00 (Thirty Two Million United States Dollars Only) pending our
arrival in your country for utilization and disbursement of the fund
with the owner of the account where the fund would be transferred
into.

On the 23rd of January 1996, our corporation, the Nigeria National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) awarded a contract of $120,000,000.00 (
One Hundred and Twenty Million United States Dollars) but I and my
colleagues being members of the contract award committee inflated the
contract sum to the tune of US$152,000, 000.00 with the intention of
sharing the remaining balance of US$32,000,000.00 among ourselves.

The contract has been successfully executed and the actual contractors
have been paid their US$120,000,000.00 ( One Hundred and Twenty Million
United States Dollars) in full. But what we want to transfer out of the
country in our favour for disbursement is US$32M. balance My colleagues
and I have agreed that if you / your company can act as the beneficiary
of this fund , we will transfer the funds to your account and you will
retain 30% of the total fund for assistance rendered, while we will
retain 60% of the total fund and the balance of 10% of the fund will be
set aside for the offsetting of all expenses that might be incurredby
both parties during the fund transfer process.

We request you cooperate with us and provide a convenient account
number in a designated bank where this fund can be safely transferred
to, we intend to come over to your country on the completion of the
fund transfer to secure our own share of the funds.

THE NATURE OF YOUR BUSINESS IS NOT PARTICULARLY RELEVANT FOR THE CCESS
OF THIS TRANS ACTION. ALL WE REQUIRE IS YOUR WELLINGNESS TO CO-OPERATE
AND ASSURANCE THAT OUR OWN SHARE WILL BE GIVEN TO US WHEN THIS MONEY IS
TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN
TO TO ENSURE A NO RISK SITUATION ON THE SIDE OF BOTHPARTIES AND IT IS
BELIEVED THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL LAST 20 WORKING DAYS, BARRING ANY
DELAYS. SINCE WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF BUSINESS, OUR PLAN IS TO INVEST
THIS MONEY INTO REAL ESTATE, STOCK AND PERHAPS IMPORTATION OF GOODS
FROM YOUR COUNTRY BASED ON YOUR ADVISE BECAUSE MANY OF OUR YEARS HAS
BEEN SPENT AS CIVIL SERVANT,AND WE MAY LIKELY RESIGN FROM GOVERMENT
SERVICE TO PRIVATE BUSINESS AFTER THIS MONEY IS TRANFERED INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT.

Please note that we have been careful and have worked out all the
modalities for a smooth transfer of the fund to your designated Bank
Account before contacting you. We would therefore not want you to
expose this proposal to anybody for the purpose of SECURITY and its
CONFIDENTIALITY. We alsobelieve you would not sit on our money when it
is transferred eventually into your account as you get your 30% share.
Please, be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free.


Yours faithfully,

ENGR. WILLIAM PETER

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