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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: "tina smith" <tinasmith_01@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:14:37 +0000
Subject: From Mrs.Tina Smith

>From Mrs.Tina Smith
(PROTOCOL OFFICER)INVESTMENT.



Good day and how are your business over there.It has been a long time that I
have been thinking of contacting you but it is due to the sudden problem
encountered by my`Boss´"His Excellency´President Charles Taylor of Liberia
which resulted to the collapsed of his government that now resulted our
seeking asylum in Nigeria West Africa.Before the collapsed of
my`Boss´government.



I intercepted a packaged document from europe which I try to open to check
the content as an instruction given to me so as to guide against any time
bomb parcel which may be directed to the President by his political rivalry
that is the opposition party.On seeing the content of the parcel"It was
tagged consignment lodgment which involve huge amount of 10.5M USA DOLLARS
deposited with Finance & Security Inc.in europe.Contact and all relevant
information regarding the deposit and the method of collection including the
deposit payment receipt were enclosed in the parcel.I received this parcel
very close to the time that my `Boss´were quitted out of the office.Hence I
decided to hold on to the document for my life utilization.



Before this, let me reiterate it to you that I have been reliably gathered
an information from one of my friend in your high commission that normally
visited Presidential Villa that you are trustworthy and somebody that can
stand firmly for any financial transaction because he told me that you are
capable, With this information,I now decide to seek your able assistance due
to your personality for you to front for me in the claiming of this
consignment as the American´s are bending on charging my`Boss´for war crime
which has even made him to be so disturbedI really need your urgent
assistance as I will like to come down to your country for the rest of my
life.Please kindly get back to me on this my private
E;mail:tinasmith4real@yahoo.it



As soon as i hear from you.I am ready to release all the document relating
to the consignment for your contact to the Finance company and the bonafide
power of attorney will be issued to you and be dully signed and attested to
by a reputable court of law for your quick collection of the funds in the
financial house in europe.



I await your speed response.
Mrs.Tina Smith
Protocol Officer Investment.

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