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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: havemarcyforabacha@handbag.com
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 06:28:17 -0700
Subject: Re: its confidencial to you and my family...

Dear Friend,
I am Mrs. Mariam. Abacha, the widow of General Sani
Abachathe Late Nigerian Head of State.
I am presently in distress and under house arrest
while my son Mohammed is undergoing trial in Lagos
and Abuja though he has just been recently granted
bail under the condition that my family refunds to the
Federal Government some amount of money.
The government has frozen all the family account and
auctioned all our properties.
Refer to this website about my husband's loot and you
will understand what I mean
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1935646.stm
To save the family from total bankruptcy I plan to
ship through an undercover courier company,the sum of
US24, 000,000.00. kept by my late
husband.The money was was carefully packed into a
Trunk Box and deposited with the Company has
Material`s of Inheritance and Jewelries to beat the
Nigerian Security.
However,because of the security Watch on us,i may not
be able to carry out this Transaction with you.You can
also contact me through my family attorney Barrister
Albert Simonid (SAN) on his e-mail address:albert_stb@yahoo.com
and my lawyer shall
arrange with you,toward`s effective completion of this
transaction.
Conclusively, we have agreed to offer you 30% of the
total sum while 70% is to be held on trust by you
until we decide on a suitable business investment in
your country subsequent to our free movement by the
Nigerian Government.
Endeavour to send your phone and fax numbers for
easy Communications. This project is not risky.
Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Mariam Abacha(Dr.)



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