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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: femiadeyomi006 <femiadeyomi006@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:22:09 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: PAYMENT REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED!!!


Dear Sir/Madam,

Top of the day to you.

Let me crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you
I am Mr femi Adeyomi president/founder of Con Oil Ltd.
we are OPEC members who deal on crude oil and raw materials
and export into the Canada/America and Europe.

I will want to solicit for your assistance to help
collect a cheque that is due for payment to me for
services and supplies i rendered.

Please if you are willing to assist, i will want you
to furnish me with your particulars, so as to enable
me give you further details. Please sir, you have to
be an honest and trusted person, as more payments will
be made through you in the course of this transaction.
And moreso you will be entitled to 10% of every payment
that you are able to recieve for us from our customers.

Please contact us for more information via email with
the below informations filled out.


NAME.............................................

MAILING ADDRESS..................................

AGE:.............................................

STATUS:..........................................

STATE/COUNTRY....................................

TEL/FAX NUMBERS..................................

We look forward in working with you.

CEO
Mr femi Adeyomi
Con Oil and Gas Ltd
President/Founder
www.conoil.com



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