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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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Fraud email example:

From: "pklsons@tiscali.it" <pklsons@tiscali.it>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 22:46:01 +0100
Subject: Joint Ventures

Good day,
I am the Chairman of the members of the Contract Payment Review Panel
and Executive director of projects and engineering of the Federal Ministry
of Petroleum Resources Nigeria, I am in search of an agent/partner to assist
me in receiving the sum of twenty eight million dollars remitted by Key
Tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign bank you will provide
and subsequently invest the funds in properties, agriculture or in any other
lucrative venture in your country for my own benefits.
You shall take 15% of the total amount for assisting me. If you are interested
to assist me in this regard, you should please email me through this private
email, so we can discuss the details of this transaction. Note that your
area of specialization is not relevant for the successful execution of this
transaction.
I await your reply to this mutually beneficial transaction.
Best wishes,
Richard Turbman



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