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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: "nawal dahi" <na_da@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:02:29 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

FROM Mr. NAWAL DAHI

ADDRESS :1O4 NORTH CLIFF CNR
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL: +27 835 346 708
Yoy can contact me with my private E-mail: nawaldahifami@yahoo.co.uk



URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE AND CONFIDENCIAL
____________________________________________
Dear sir,

I am NAWAL DAHI the son of Late Mr. PAUL DAHI the chief security officer to
the former president of Somalia. At Present now I am in South Africa as an
Asylum seeker. I got your contact through internet research here in South
Africa

In the course of the war in my country, my father was arrested and killed by
the rebel/opposition leader earlier February last year, due to his
involvement in the Government of the former president of the country.

This situation has placed me in a very bad/difficult situation here now.
Which made me to contact you for an assistance in helping me to transfer out
some huge amount of money which my father deposited with private Security
company here in South Africa.During his visit to South Africa


The amount is US$21 million, this was the money given to him to buy
ammunition,but like he forsee problem he did not purchase the amunition
instead he deposited the fund with the private security
company, before he was arrested and killed by the opposition party. And the
Government is not aware of this money in our custody here now. But all the
depository document is with me here in South Africa.

Now I needed your assistance to send the whole of this money (US$21MILLION)
out of here into your Private or company account over there for investment.
I would have operated with this money here but been a refugee I cannot be
allowed to use this fund here. Because we are under close monitor here.

Where your assistance could be possible, I will offer you 20% of the total
sum (USD21M) and all your expenses will be taken care of immediately after
the transaction.

Please, your prompt reply through my new email: nawaldahifami@yahoo.co.uk
will be highly appreciated to enable us conclude our internal arrangements
here.

Thanks and have a nice day

Mr NAWAL DAHI.

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