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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: "Mr.Tito Benson" <secr456@fastermail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: secretarybenson@fastermail.com
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:05:25 +0000
Subject: A REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE

Dear Friend

A REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE

I am the Secretary of the present Governor of oil-rich southern
Bayelsa State of Republic of Nigeria Mr.Diepreye Alamieyeseigha,I
know that it may surprise you being emailed by a strange man from
African country asking for urgent assistance in an urgent deal The
reason, why I decided to involve you in this deal is due to Recent
experience my Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha have when he was
travelling to london with the sum of $3.2m US Dollars which he was
arrested with.

He made a deposit with my name the sum of $2.2m Us Dollars with a
security compnay in ivory coast but did not disclosed the content
of the box to the security company, I decided to move the money to
China/Europe for Banking or investment,Presently i flee to ivory
coast now for the transaction.


All i want you to do for me is to signed the money out from the
security company and help me to transfer it to your country or any
country of yours for invest while i will join you there, I will
give you 15% percent of the total sum of $2.2m US Dollars.

All i want you to do now is to assist me to see that you retrive
the consignment from the security company and transfer it to your
account.we have to do change of ownership to your name immediately
you are interested to assist me.

I want to inform you that if you are able to receive this money your
percentage will increase after subsequent deals if you prove your
reliability in this deal, Please don't involve a third party in
this deal because of the nature of the deal and also as a public
figure I may be implicated by the third person And don't dispose
any document of this deal to any body except when I ask you to do
so, Note that this transaction involves no risk whatsoever for you
will have NO dealing with my country Nigeria Rather, you will deal
directly with the security company in ivory coast which have a
branch in Europe Let me have your confidential Telephone and Fax
numbers in your response to this proposal you shall have a complete
picture of this mutual beneficial transaction when I have received
your anticipated positive response on the above e-mail
address:secretarybenson@fastermail.com


This matter should be treated as urgent and confidential as possible

Best regards,

Tito Benson.+22508205672.

Email:secretarybenson@fastermail.com

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