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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: "Musa Williams" <musawilliams1@barristermusawilliams.com>
Reply-To: barrister_musa_williams2005@yahoo.com.mx
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:39:34 +0000
Subject: TRUSTED PERSON

TRUST.

I have the courage to ask for your assistance to handle this important and
confidential business believing that you will never let me down either now
or in future. Because it is highly confidential and secret.

I am Barrister Musa Willams an attorney to Mr.Tafa Balogun, the former
inspector general of police in Nigeria.

There was a funds deposited in a security company in November 2004 in Europe
and since year 2004.Due to the recent probing in my Client`s office, some
fund which he deposited in our country here country has been confiscated,see
these websites for details:

http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-42.msg1015.ht
and
http://www.independentng.com/news/nnjan310503.htm

My Client is under house arrest now and has mandated me to seek your
assistance in transferring the $20.5M (twenty million five hundred thousand
united state dollars), which was deposited in security company as family
valuables in the name of his second son.

However.my client has agreed to offer 40% of the total sum to you, 10% is
set aside for transfer expenses and 50% for him.

all this information is needed.

YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER.
YOUR FULL NAME.
YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS.
YOUR OCCUPATION AND YOUR AGE.
YOUR PHOTO PAGE OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.


as I shall update you with full modalities concerning the transaction for I
have every vital documents required to release the fund to you.

I wait your urgent reply.
Regards

Barrister Musa Willams.

No.5 falomo Street Ikoyi
Lagos Nigeria

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