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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: "james akah" <jamesakah2000@msn.com>
Reply-To: jameskcci244@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:55:10 +0000
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE

Dear friend,

Iam MR James D.Akah,the Director payment unit on international payment under
the diplomatic sector of the presidency in Nigeria.After the first section
of the 2005
meeting held at the month of Jan, 14th 2005 with all the head of department,
The Governors of the Central Bank, The Minister for Finance, The Archives
Directors and Chairmen of
the Board of Trustees under His Excellency the Vice President of Nigeria
Alh. Atiku Abubakar. We havd agreed upon to pay most of our numerous
non-indiginous contractors as we have not paid them for the past one year
and six months.

The vice president now confided in me to include a ghost name to be paid
Twenty Million five hundred U. S dollars($20,500,000.00).So when i went to
internet marketing to look for any foreigner , I came across your contact
and decided to contact you for you to act as the beneficiary of the fund,
The vice president is the architect of this project so don't panic all
arrangements have planned very orderly.

On confirmation of your understanding and your contacts i will still inform
the Vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar On completion of this project15% of
the total sum will be yours.
This project is 100% riskfree and a mega fortune.please, kindly get back to
me immediately

Best Personal Regards,

MR James D.Akah

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