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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • info_commissionagent@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "CHARLES SOLUDO" <tranferdepartment@gover-cbn.com>
Reply-To: info_commissionagent@myway.com
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:10:49 +0000
Subject: COMISSION AGENT.

DEAR FRIEND,

WE WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE DEPLORABLE
CRIME CONDITION. WHICH WE, THE STATE SECURITY AGENT
HAD TAKEN FURTHER STEP IN ARRESTING THE UGLY
SITUATION. IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT MOST OF OUR
SOCEITIES ARE NOW BECOMING TRICKSTAR{419}.


WE PASS THIS INFORMATION WITH A SENSE OF DUTY AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING TO THE NOTICE OF EVERY
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD FALLEN VICTIM BY THESE ROBBERS {
419} THAT YOU MONEY IS REFUNDABLE IF YOU CAN
PROVIDE WITH EVIDENT THAT YOU HAD BEEN TRICK.
FOREIGN INVESTORS ARE ALL RUNING AWAY THAT THEIR
PROPERTIES OR THEIR COMPANIES WILL NOT BE VANDALIZED
BY ROBBERS.


THEY SEE IT AS A WASTE OF RESOURCES.
INVESTING IN THE NIGERIA ECONOMY FOR FEAR OF
INSECRITY TO THIS END, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WANT AHEAD AND
ESTABILSHED ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
TO PUT AN END THIS UGLY SITUATION.


RECENTLY, WE HAVE PERFORMED VERY EXCELLENTLY IN THE
AREAS OF ELIMINATING THE CRIME, FOR INSTANT, WE
DISCOVERED SOME MONEY IN THE HANDS OF THESE TRICKERS
IN OUR LAST MEETING WHICH WE WANT TO REFUND TO THE
APPROPRIATE OWNS SIR\MADAM, AS YOU ALL CAN SEE
HONEST MATTERS ALOT TO US BEFORE THIS MONEY CAN
RELEASE TO THE VICTIM .

WE ARE WAITIG FOR YOUR RESPONSE ON THE ISSUES

RAISED HEREIN .

REGARDS,

COMISSION AGENT.

PLS REPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS:
E-MAIL:info_commissionagent@myway.com

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