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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: "Joe Milton" <joemilton00001@mail.ru> (may be fake)
Reply-To: joemino90001@yahoo.it
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:39:25 +0100
Subject: Between you and i

Dear friend,
It is my great pleasure to write you this letter regards to the assistance I want from you. Which I know very well that you will be surprise to read from me, as we have not met before in this case I apologies for using this media to reach you base on the content of my mail.

I am Mr. Joe Milton by name an Oil Consultant/Contractor, I want you to assist my family and i in retrieving my money $24.5 million USD from the Security financial Company here in Nigeria. I deposited this money under a consignment, which I state to them that, the content is family treasures worth of the amount. My family and I are planning to confine to our country Bulgaria and our movement is still as a result of my illness, which make it absolutely impossible for me to do anything as regards retrieving my money, which is in a consignment now.

So I am contacting you because your assistance is needed in receiving my consignment on my behalf. In order to clear any misgivings or doubts that you may have, it is imperative that I give you an insight of my authorization letter to enable u lay claims of it. Which my consignment has nothing to do with any form of illegality and all documentations needed to prove my identity and of my consignment. These documents would prove the source of my consignment and authenticate the fact that the consignment is clean deposited there by me.

For your assistance in this transaction, I will give you 10% of my total amount of it for your role in this transaction, which involves retrieving it on my behalf from the security company here. And all the information needed to receive it would be send to you as soon as you indicate your interest in assisting me as well as providing the following information to facilitate the smooth conclusion of the consignment lifting/delivering ASAP.
Requested Information is as follows.
Your Full Name: ______________________________
Your Complete Address (Physical Address With Zip Code):
______________________________
Date of Birth (day/month/year): ______________________
Name of City of Residence: ____________________
Telephone Number: ______________________
Mobile Number: _________________________
Fax Number: ______________________________
Please kindly reply me with this email: joemil0001@yahoo.com

I await your response.
Best regards,
Mr. Joe Milton.

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