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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: "Ibrahim Mohammed" <ibrahim9mohammed@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibrahimmohammed@o2.pl
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:52:56 +0000
Subject: We are Victims

May The Almighty God Give You The Wisdom To Understnd My Predicament.I Am
Ibrahim Mohammed,The Eldest Surviving Son Of Late Waziri Mohammed[May His
Soul Rest In Peace]Hereby Solicit For Your Help To Our Family.

My Father[Waziri Mohammed]Was A Presidential Aide And Chairman of the
Nigerian Railway orporation Befor He Was Killed In The Air Crash Bellview
Airlines Flight Which Took Off From The Murtala Mohammed International
Airport, Ikeja For Abuja On The 22nd Of October 2005 With 108 Passengers And
Six Crew Members On Board.Before The Dying Day Of My Father,He Confessed To
Me Of About $1.5m[One Million ,Five Hundrend Thousand US Dollars]Kept In A
Financial Security Company And He Directed Me To Transfer This Money To A
Foreign Account Before The Government Knows Of It Because They Are Againt
His Political Reforms In The Country Against The Government Officials
Embezzling Public Funds.

I Have A Proposal For You Which I Hope By The Special Grace Of God Will Be
Beneficial To You And Me.This Is Not An Illusion But Achievable If Giving
Your Maximum Support And Co-operation.I Have To Assure You That This Is Risk
Free.My Mother And I Are Left With No Other Option Than To Invest This Money
Outside The Country Where It Will Be Safe Since Our Father Is Now Dead Which
The Cause Of The Crash Government Has Sworn Never To Make Public.

I Hereby Propose This To You If I Can Count On You.
1]That You Take 25%Of The Money
2]I Take 75%A

Finally,What I Need From You Is Your Telephone Number And Your Contact
Address For Onward Transfer Of This Fund.I Seriously Count On Your Support
And Cooperation.God Bless You.

Yours Faithfully,

Ibrahim Mohammed.

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