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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • mrsmercyud@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "TREASURE CONSULTS LTD TREASURE CONSULTS LTD" <info_treasureconsultsltd@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:21:00 +0000
Subject: SCCESS AT LAST.

FROM: DR. BEN OBI
DIRECTOR, TREASURE CONSULTS LTD.

Dear VICTIMNAME,

Date: 23/06/2006

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to
a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Malaysia who is
also an investor.
Presently I'm in Malaysia for investment projects with my own share of the
total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to
assist me in transferring these funds despite the fact that it failed us
some how.

Now contact my secretary, her contact is:
Name: Mrs. Mercy Udeh
Email: mrsmercyud@yahoo.com
Tel: +234018160576

Ask her to send you the total $450.000.00 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand
US Dollars) which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and
attempt to assist me in this transaction. I appreciated your efforts at that
time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mrs. Mercy
Udeh and instruct her 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 sufferings at that time. In the mean time, I am very busy
here because of the investment projects which I and the new partner are
having at hand.
Finally, I have instructed my secretary to release this money to you as soon
as you contact her, so feel free to get in touch her and she will send the
amount to you without any delay, I look forward to hear from you.
Best regards

DR. BEN OBI
CHAIRMAN/CEO

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