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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • paulmills2005@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Paul Mills" <dpmills2005@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: paulmills2005@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 04:11:05 +0000
Subject: inquiry

ATTENTION:

BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

With the good reference of your esteemed person made by a charity aid volunteer,although I did not disclose my actual intention of reaching you.
Please do forgive me if this letter may offend you without your prior consent. I am Mr.Paul Mills a Consultant and finance broker with West African Consultant Ltd,and also a Sierra Leonian, currently living here in Accra-Ghana due to political instability in my country. I am highly impressed with your esteem and I wish to introduce my client to invest in your esteem.
First and foremost, could you enlighten me On your investment output if my cleint is said to invest the sum of $7.550.000 million (SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in your firm. what are the taxes involved for a foreign investor in your country? If you accept to receive this money, in your private or company account, she will reward you with 15% of the total fund as your commission for rendering this assistance.
In addition, she will allow your company to use her own 85% share as a working capital for a period of three years at small interest which both of you will agree on later. Finally and most importantly, kindly let me be rest assured that you would act on a good faith and never have the intentions of leading her astray or getting ambitious.
Shoul my proposal meet your pleasure and is given due consideration,I will be very glad as I wait for your swift response. My personal direct number is:+233 24 2733124 or email:paulmills2005@hotmail.com I will expect your urgent response upon recieving this fax message. NOTE:All documents/papers covering the existence and authenticity of this transaction are intact and will be forwarded to you for your perusal at

your request
Best Regards,
Mr.Paul Mills

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