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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: "Usman A. Sabo" <usmanasabo1960@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: alexsabo222@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 19:32:30 +0100
Subject: SIR/MADAM ,GOD BLESS YOU & HOME.

SIR/MADAM ,GOD BLESS YOU & HOME.

I am a member of the "Contract Award Committee",
Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria.

We search for an agent who will assist us in the
transfer of Twenty Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand
US Dollars (US$27.5.5Million) and subsequent investment
of same in lucrative ventures in your country.

You will be required to
(1) Assist in the transfer of the said sum
(2) Advise on lucrative area(s) of investment, and
(3) Assist in the management of same investments after
you must have claimed the funds.

For your services as above you shall be rewarded
with 15% of the total sum stated above while 10% of the investments
profit shall be paid to you annually. Indicate the tax regime in your
country and how best we are to invest the money to ensure good
investment return thereafter. We shall have our lawyers draw up the
investment agreement for you to study, make ammendment(if any), sign
and
return hereto.

We wait your urgent and positive response so that we
can work out all
the modalities for the wire/transfer of to you. Do
keep this transaction to your self due to our position.
But feel free to direct your questions to me if any.

Yours faithfully,

USMAN A. SABO


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