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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: "Abu Mike" <abumike6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: abumike@takemail.com
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:52:16 +0000
Subject: Hello FRIEND

The Auditor/Head of Department
Royal Trust Bank Plc,
Lagos Nigeria.

Hello FRIEND,

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal
ethics.I will introduce myself as Mr.Abu Mike, One of our accounts with
holding balance of $6.5,000.000 USD has been dormant and has not been
operated for the past 4 years.

>From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account, a
foreignerby name ENGN A. died in July, 2000 and since then nobody has done
anything as regards the claiming of his money because he has no family
members who are aware of the existence of neither the account nor the
funds. Also Information from the National Immigration states that he was
also single on entry into Nigeria.I have secretly resolved to find a
reliable foreign partner to deal with.I thus
propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin to effect
the release of this fund after due process has been followed.

This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is
legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or
any other illegal act. On your indication of interest, please get back to
me through my email Do include your Full names,Residential Address, direct
phone/fax number so as to ease and anable prompt commumuication.

Regards,
Mr.ABU MIKE

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