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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: "Mr.Collince Addo" <collinceaddo1@excite.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 18:03:59 +0400
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

FROM :MR.COLLINCE ADDO

ATTN :I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE

Sir,

I want you to patiently read this offer. I am Mr.Collince Addo the Head of Delegation to the World Bank in West Africa.
I am the linkman between the Organization For Petroleum Exporting Countries-OPEC and the petroleum sector in the West
African country.I also attend OPEC meetings constantly in Geneva.

Through the sale of our allocated oil quota in OPEC,I was able to make US$27.5million,(Twenty seven millon,five hundred
thousand us dollars)which is currently deposited in a Security vault.

I want you to assist me to claim this money as I cannot claim it directly because I am still a Civil servant, and the code
of conduct bureau forbid me to acquire such amount of money. It is on this basis that I am contacting you for assistance,
if you will be interested;claim documents will be process and send to you. The documents with which the fund are deposited
will be changed,to reflect you as the new beneficiary so that you will be Eligible to collect the fund on my behalf.

I will give you 10% of the fund for this assistance.I am aware of the international monitoring of all large-scale financial
movements after the September 11th 2001 terrorist attack on America and to avoid any state of financial investigation I will
provide a classified clearance paper from the relevant bodies which will exonerate the money from either drug,money laundered
or terrorist related proceeds.

Kindly respond to my proposal through this my private email:mrcollinceaddo@governmentcontracting.com indicating interest.

I want to assure you that there is no risk attached in this transaction.You should also provide me with your private
telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.

Expecting your response.

Best regards,
Mr.Collince Addo

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