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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: "MARIAM ABACHA ." <abmariam@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:04:53 +0000
Subject: Urgent reply required

Attn: Sir/Madam,

I am Dr. (Mrs.) Maryam Abacha, Wife of the late Nigerian Head of
State-General Sani Abacha. I am proposing this business to you because we
could be of great assistance to each other, likewise developing a cordial
business relationship.

I currently have within my reach the sum of fourty-five million dollar only
(US$45,000,000:00) cash which l intend to investment specifically in your
country. This money came out of pay back contract deal between my late
husband and a Russian firm on our country's that handled the Multi-billion
dollar Ajaokuta steel plant project.

The Russian partners returned my husband's share of US$45million after his
death and I instructed them to lodge it with a security firm in Europe in my
favor, as I will not like any other person to know I have such amount. No
record ever existed concerning the money neither is the money traceable by
the government because there is no document showing that we received such
money from the Russians

Due to the current attitude of the present government towards my children
and I, by revoking our right to run any of our companies, our oil company
and other properties seized.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/headline/f127052005.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2492425.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/226848.stm

I will advise you to browse through this webs site in order to understand
why they are trying to wipe my children and I from the surface of the earth
for the money their father left behind for them.

It has become quite impossible to lay hands on money these days as we are
being monitored; hence I seek your assistance and support at this moment of
our lives.

Upon receiving a letter confirming that you will help me secure the funds
for my family, I will provide you more information on the funds lodged as
consignment and authorize the security company to release the funds to you
on our behalf.

I expect your urgent response and I shall be glad to give you 20% of the
above-mentioned sum for your assistance and support.

Thanks.

Dr. (Mrs.) Mariam Abacha.

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