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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: mohammed113@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:08:53 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3Aassistance=20in=20movements=20of=20cash=20and=20investments=2E?=

Dear Friend,


Sir,

I am Mohammed Abacha, the eldest son of the late president of Nigeria, i
was falsely accused of murder and as such was imprisoned, but thanks to
Allah, i have been released for my innocence. Well dear friend i need your
assistance in transferring some of my money into your account, because the
government is making plans to seize them,as they did to my fathers own.Please
view these site and read the content carefully.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_741000/741506.stm

The amount is $52 million in a Security Abroad. All thatis needed is for
me to instruct the company to transfer the funds to your account,i will
remunerate you with 25% at the end, but most of all is that i solicit your
trust in this transaction. I have been confined only to Kano and all my
calls are monitored, So i will get my private lawyer to get you the needed
informations as soon as i hear from you.

You can as well contact my lawyer on his email addres (willaimscoker2001@yahoo.fr)and
also his name is Dr Coker WILLIAMS telephone number+ 229 950946, meanwhile
the money is depossited in the republic of Benin so please find it easy
to
reach with him.As he will direct you more and updates you.He's with all
the documents that protect the money.

Send me your telephone and fax number, so that my lawyer can contact you
directly.

Best Regards
Mohammed ABACHA .



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