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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: "buba tanko" <bubatanko01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bubatanko005@compaqnet.fr
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:23:15 +0000
Subject:





Dear Friend,

I want you to assist me and my partner to recieve a package which we are
working on how to move it out of our country down to your country,and we
promise to give you 30% of the

package. We only need:

(1) Your full name (2) Your address (3) Mobile Telephone number
(4) Your international passport number or Photografh for us to make the
deposit with your name.

The flight that will be living with the package will be living this weekend
that is why we need your assistance for us to make sure the package live
immediately.

The content of the package is $15 million U.S dollars our conpany Sell Bloc,
Crude Oil want to send this money to our customers in Europe through a
security company and it was declare personal effect.

We want to divart the money to you so that we all will shear it,So we
want you to send us the needed informations for us to deposit the money with
your name to the security company that will be living with the package.

Please we are sorry if we have offended you for the assistance,but we
believe the business will change our life.I wait your reply with the
informations so that we will deposit it with your name as the rightfull
beneficiary and after that we give you the:

Goods Number, Code,The Traking Number.Please you can call me with this
number :+234-8030-539967 for more information. Hoping to hear from you.

Thanks and God bless us,
DR.BUBA TANKO

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