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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348033284892 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Williams Samora." <williamssamora@web.de>
Reply-To: williamssamora@walla.com
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 16:49:57 +0200
Subject: Hello Dear Friend.


Dear sir,
I am Mr.Williams Samora, the Auditor General of the African
Continental Bank Of Nigeria,during the course of our auditing I discovered
a floating fund of US$18 million Usd in an account opened in our
bank in 1999 and since 2003 nobody has operated on this
account again, after going through some old files in
the records I discovered that the owner of the account
died without a [heir] hence the money is floating
and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will
be forfeited for nothing.the owner of this account is Mr.Ahmed Yousuf Mustapha
an Iraqi citizen and a contractor with Shell Plc,who died
since 2003,and no other person knows about this account or anything
concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary.
Consequent upon this i need you as a foreigner to claim
this funds from our offshore affliate payment office
in Italy because as an official of this bank and also a
civil servant i cannot emback on this venture.
All modalities have been put in place for the success of
this business venture and i will use my influence and the
position of the bank to attain all necessary documents as
regards to this funds.
However,reply urgently so that I will inform you the
next step to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and
fax number including the full details of the account
to be used for the deposit and also your identification
such as your driver's licence or international passport.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given
30% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 10%
will be for expenses both parties might have incurred
during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my email or you
can also reach me on my personal number +234 80 33 284892
for further clarifications.
Sincerely,
Mr.Williams Samora.

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