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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: "Frank Andrew" <abcpw55@msn.com>
Reply-To: abcpw55@ny.com
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:02:29 +0000
Subject: RE: REPLY NOW ASAP

Dear friend,

First I must solicit your strictest confidence in this proposal.
I am Dr.Frank Andrew, the private Finacial Consultan to late Mrs
Stella Obasanjo,wife of the Nigeria president,Olusegun Obasanjo,Who died on
the 23 of october 2005 at Marbela hosital in spain she had traveled to spain
to
undergo plastic surgery and died from complications resulting from that
surgery, As the only Confidential consultant to the deceased,I handle every
of
her affair,mostly properties and fund both domestic and in overseas.In this
case
my client left huge amount of millions GB Pounds sterling and so many
investment with my signatures abroad and Very soon my client's family will
call me to give an account of my client properties and fund offshores.

And there is this particular amount I am in full possession of all it
documents presently, at this juncture,I seek your consent to present you as
the benefactor to this particular sum which is in total $10.5 million USD,
which is pesently with a Financial Firm in Europe.

The document regarding depositing of the fund. With the personality and
assistance of my confidential Atorney I procure all necessary legal
documentation that can be used to back up any claim we might make.All I
require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this Deal through,I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law,I promise that you and I can
conclude this in 4 working days.

Mind you, we share the money 50/50, for more proof and confidential
information go through this site:
http/www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary/index/.html

I beleieve my letter recieve a favourable consideration from you as I await
your respond.

Thanks
Dr.Frank Andrew.

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