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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: jimshobor <jimshobor@teenmail.co.za> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 03:44:15 -0600
Subject: URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL





MR.JIM SHOBOR,
WEMA BANK PLC
LAGOS NIGERIA

TRANSFER OF ($27,780m, 000.00 USD) TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND EITHY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS.(URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL)

Dear Friend,

I have the honor and confidence to introduce you to this business in view of the fact that you are trustworthy and reliable. I am Mr.Jim Shobor, I work in the foreign Payment Department of WEMA BANK PLC LAGOS NIGERIA.

There is an account opened in our bank in 1990 but since 1996 nobody has operated on this account again. After a private investigation I discovered that the owner of this account was the manager of U.MARTINES CO.LTD - a foreigner who has since died without having a beneficially to this account.My investigation proved to me also that nobody from the company knows about this account since the company has not become operational. The amount contained in this account is ($27,780m, 000.00 USD).It is my wish and intention to take this fund abroad for investment.

My colleague and I will need you to set up a new account for thistransfer and send to us Or you might send an existing account with no fund in it for us to use. We will use normal banking proceedure to transfer the fund legally. I will bring my position and influence to facilitate transfer immediately by legal means. What we request is absolute secrecy and confidentiality. And that you will never never disappoint us when fund is transfered to your account. There is no risk to this business as I will follow the normal banking proceedure.

When this fund is transfered to any account you will provide I will bring all documents used in this process to destroy them in your presence when I come over for my share. Sharing shall be 20% for you, 75% for me and the emaining 5% to offset any expenses done by each party cause in business every cent spent counts. Contact me urgently at contact_shobor@yahoo.co.in

Best Regards,
Mr.Jim Shobor.

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