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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: "drhenry clement" <henryclent@msn.com>
Reply-To: drhenry_clement@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 16:02:25 +0000
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME..

ATTN:SIR

Compliments of the season.I have to start by introducing myself to you.I am
Dr Henry Clement,the Head of Delegation to the World Bank in West Africa.I
am the linkman between the Organization For Petroleum Exporting Countries
-OPEC and the petroleum sector in a West African country.I also attend OPEC
meetings constantly in Geneva on the auspicies of World Bank.I am 54 years
of age and with 26 years experience.Through the sale of our allocated oil
quota in OPEC, I was able to make US$25.5million, which is currently
deposited in a Security company in Europe.

Permit me to seek for your assistance in this issue,although you may be
suprised at this because you do not know who i am .I got your profile from
the internet and decide to contact you to assist me in claim of this money
as I cannot claim It directly because I am still a civil servant, and the
code of conduct Bureau forbids me to acquire such amount of money. It is on
this basis That I am contacting you for assistance, if you will be
interested, Claim documents have been processed and will be sent to you.
The Documents with which the fund is deposited will be changed to reflect
You as the new beneficiary so that you will be eligible to collect the fund
on my behalf.I will give you 30% of the fund for this assistance while
60%will be For me and 10% will be for expenses that may be incurred on both
sides.

I am aware of the international monitoring of all large-scale financial
Movements after the September 11th 2001 terrorist attack on United States of
America and to avoid any state of financial investigation I will provide a
classified clearance paper from the relevant body which
will exonerate the money from either drug, money laundered or terrorist
related proceeds.

Kindly respond to this mail indicating interest. I want to assure you that
there is no risk attached in this transaction. You should also provide me
with your private telephone and fax numbers for easier communication.

NOTE: This business is top secret and confidential so please keep it to
yourself.
Expecting your response.
Best regards,
Dr.Henry Clement

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