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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: "BARRJIMMY NALU" <jimmynalu@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:19:15 +0000
Subject: HERE IS YOUR COMPENSATION




My dear friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the co-operation of a new partiner from paraguay. Presently i'm in
Japan for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.meanwhile,i
didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transffering
those funds despite that it failed us somehow.
Now contact my secretary in Cotonou Benin Republic his name is Mr.DONATUS
HANA,his email:(d_hana4@yahoo.co.in) ask him to send you the total
$800,000.00 bank draft which i raised in your favour for your compensation
for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.i
appreciated your efforts at that time very much.so feel free and get in
touched with my secretary Mr Donatus Hana and instruct him where to send the
amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferness at that time.in the moment, i'm very busy here
because of the investment projects which me and the new partiner are having
at hand, finally,remember that i had forwarded instruction to the secretary
on your behalf,so feel free to contact him now to eneble him send your money
to you without any delay.



My regards to you and your family,



Barrister Jimmy Nalu.

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