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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.
  • paul_silas3@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "paul silas" <paulsilas4@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:27:47 +0000
Subject: FROM PAUL SILAS

INVESTMENT

You may be surprised to receive my letter, however,I
have decided to contact you for confidential, Urgent
and rewardingjoint business.
My name is MR paul silas , I was a PersonalAssistant
to the
Late Congo President, LAURENT KABILA, whowas
assasinated in February
2001 and my aim of writing to you isbecause of the
need for a
trusted and honest person, who I can entrustthe sum
of
US$18,800,000(Eighteen million), eight hundred
thousand USDollars).
Source of the money: I and the late presidentsecured
this money in a security firm in Ghana, in my name
before hisdeath. Now that he is late, I want to
transfer the money out of Africa,for investment
in your country, I can not travel out of Nigeria where
I am on asylum, hence I am asking for your assistance
to have thismoney in your care pending when I will
secure travel documents to comeover to your country.
If you accept this offer we shall share the moneyas
follows: for you, 20%, 80% for me. I have all the
title documentsto the fund which I can transfer to
you to enable you have assess toit. Be assured that
is risk-free and legitimate. Please advise me onyour
position by e-mail
Immediately, indicating your phone and faxnumbers.
Your quick response will be highly appreciated.

Reply at myalternative email address;paul_silas3@yahoo.com
Regards.
MR paul silas.


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