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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: obi james <jamesxobi98@yahoo.com.tw>
Reply-To: jamesxobi@o2.pl
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:33:07 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Re: Your email


Dear singh,
Thank you very much for your mail response sorry for what happened to you that is why you have to put your trust in God and pray hard to avoid temptations of that type, I have been taking my time since the demise of my late father to sourcing for a reliable capable foreigner that will handle this fund on trust with confidence on behalf of my family. All the related documents of the fund will be sent to you as soon as agreement is reached. The fund was willed to me for the future of my family for investment abroad. So, it is of paramount important that we discuss on phone to understand each other motives very correctly.
I am reposing this confidence upon you that based on mutual understanding. We will actualize this transaction successfully, if given your utmost support and cooperation. I have hired the services of a famous luminary to assist us for this transfer. He will need your full names,Telephone number and contact address to enable him secure a sworn affidavit in your name for Transfer of Rights and privileges from the Federal High court of Justice.
I am counting upon you while trusting God that you will not betray this confidence at the end of the day.
My vision is to have you set up a lucrative investment in London on blue chips in the existing market stocks into which this fund will be managed by you with your expertise advise. I will be coming to meet with you upon claims of this fund to enable us discuss modalities and open a legal binding commercial agreement for the management of the investment.
I employ you to contact me upon receipt of this mail on my private EMAIL
for more information.s and clarifications. Also, I will be scanning my family picture and to sent to you for your record purposes. I also want you to note that I have perfected all the necessary machineries in sound footing to ensure that we achieve this goal within the shortest period of time.
My sincere regards to your family.
James obi

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