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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: "victor frank" <victorfrank01@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:19:26 +0000
Subject: FROM VICTOR AND RUTH FRANK


From Victor and Ruth Frank
Lagos State Nigeria
Email:victorfrank101@yahoo.com
phone:2348023150718

Good Day and God bless as I introduce my self to you with all faith and hope
you will understand me and asist me with honesty and kindness. I am 20 Years
old, my father died about 3 years ago in a gold mine in LAGOS, Republic of
Nigeria . He was into legal gold minning,he has succeded in saving $9.8
millions dollars during his Business on
Gold, before he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D' Ivoire West Africa
near by country to our country to save his money for security reasons
because of the political problem in our country. I need help from you to
help me transfer this money to your country for investment and who will be
sincere to invert me to his country with out cheating me or doing bad to me
on my arraival with my sister, I'm willing to give you 15% of the money
after the transfer of the money , please mail me immidately urgent to know
your stands before looking else where you're the first person i'm
contacting.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help me as your own person?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3.Hope my percentage offer is good accepted by you?

Please,Treat this email confidential and get back to me as soon as possible
at victorfrank101@yahoo.com

Yours Sincerely,

Victor and Ruth Frank

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