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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: "philip taylor" <aphilip33@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 21:35:24 +0100
Subject: Attention,

LETTER OF INTRODUCTION
Dear Friend,
My name is Mr.Philip Taylor,Cousin to Mr.Charles Taylor,former president of
the Republic of Liberia who is presently in Nigeria on political assylum.I
am also in Nigeria with Mr. Charles Taylor. I have decided to contact you
for this business,after i have been convinced by my good Nigerian Friend who
knows you very well of your good nature and sincerity/honesty Now,the issue
here is that i have the sum of $5 million (Five million united states
dollars)deposited right now in a Nigerian Bank.All i need is a trusted
foreigner that can assist me in transferring and investing the money outside
Africa,hence i am contacting you.

Please i beg you in the name of God in Heaven,this money is my only hope of
survival and i am counting on you for a successfull transfer of this money.I
hope you will not divert the money for your personal use or sit on this
money when it gets into your custody.

As soon as i get your personal details(your full address,your phone and fax
numbers) ,i will inform the Bank for change of ownership of the money and
the process of transfer will begin immediately.After the
transfer,i promise to compensate you with 20% of the total money and 5% will
be mapped out for expences. All things being equal,this trasaction will not
take longer than eight working days.
Please reply to:aphilip34@hotmail.com
I wish you all the best.
Regards,
Philip Taylor.
READ AND REPLY. THANKS.

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