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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: mohammed abacha <moh_ammed_04@ukrpost.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:17:14 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: urgent

R WILLIAMS
R. WILLIAMS& Associates.
Tel: 234-8023526266
Fax:1-208-693-3698
E-mail: rwilliams@LegalFan.com
Office Address: Plot 301, Adejide Close Ikeja
Lagos Nigeria
Attn: Dear Sir
I am Mohammed Abacha, the eldest son of the late president of
Nigeria, I was falsely accused of murder and as such was
imprisoned,but thanks to Allah, I have been released for my innocence.
Well dear friend i need your assistance in transferring some of my
money into your Bank Account In country , because the government is
making plans to seize them, as they did to myfathers own. Please
view this site and read it's content carefully,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_741000/741506.stm
The amount is $12 million in a Security Abroad.
All that is needed is for me to instruct the company to transfer the
funds to your bank account . I will remunerate you with 20%
at the end, but most of all is that I solicit your trust in this
transaction. I have been confined only to Kano and all my calls are
monitored, so I will get
my private attorney to get you the needed information's. Please
partner, kindly advise me on the area I can invest my share of the
fund on, in your country .please you can get back to me on this mail;
moh_ammed_03@yahoo.com
Best Regards
Mohammed Abacha
NB. Kindly contact my attorney on his
personal/direct telephone and fax numbers or you can as well contact
him via e-mail: rwilliams@LegalFan.com Or Tel: 234-8023526266

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