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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: tonyabohma@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 03:15:33 -0800
Subject: Attention Dear Freind.

Dear Freind,
Having obtained your contact from the Internet that you are trust worthy,coupled
with my deep interest to invest in your country, i decided to contact and
solicit your mutual assistance at all cost. I am Barrister Tony Abohma an
Attorney at law and i need your assistance in remitting a huge amount of
money to your bank account from the First Bank P l c. This money which originally
belongs to MR. M. kaiser a national of United States of America who was
my client until his death was an employee with Shell Oil Company in Nigeria,
he died in a fatal car accident with members of his families 5 years ago,
since then we have made several enquiries to his country embassy to locate
any of the extended relatives and this has proved unsuccessful.

At this point i have succeeded in getting this fund ($4.8m) Four Million
- Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only out of the bank into
a Security Company name withheld for confidential reasons via the kind support
of the Cheif Executive Officer (CEO)of the first bank where the money was
originally deposited until i hear from you of your willingness to work with
me. On hearing from you and knowing you have accepted i will send across
the necessary document to you for claim of the fund as the security company
are capable of delivering the fund to you in a consignment box to your door
step in your country.

Please be informed that your stake will be 40% and mine 45% while 5% takes
care of all expenses encountered in the course of handling and delivery
of this consignment box to your home, also bear in mind that i shall be
coming over as soon as possible once you have received this fund to your
position. I will appreciate you to send me your contact phone number for
detail discussions towards the immediate prosecution of this transaction
and hopefully awaits your urgent response.

Regards,
Barrister Tony Abohma.

NOTE: The Security Company has a branch office in U.S.A , CANADA and EUROPE
and you can indicate where you will like to go and claim the consignment
as soon as i send the claim documents to you and I will come down to you
in your country for the sharing when you have received the consignment.


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