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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: Chief Neji George <chiefneji_george@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 04:08:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW FAR YOU HAVE GONE.


Dear Tim Jager,

Top of the day to you my good friend, how are you today?
Please have you submitted the application to the committee? please mail me and let me know how far you have gone and also let me know if the Ecowas Committee has contacted you so that you can go to spain and claim the money.

Please i will strongly advice you to always keep me posted about how far you are going so that i can follow it up here. like as told you before that this transaction has been programmed to last but few working days if only you can follow my instructions and directives, i believe by God's grace before 14days time we will be smilling together when you might have collected the money.

your urgent reply to this mail will be highly appreciated.i will be waiting to hear from you as soon as you recieve this mail.THANKS

Best regard
Chief Neji George

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