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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.
  • mrkensmith416@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "ken smith" <kensmith20006@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 14:16:48 -0700
Subject: From Mr. Ken Smith


From Mr. Ken Smith
1004 Abbeville Road Clapham
Wands Worth Victoria London
United Kingdom
Private Email(mrkensmith416@yahoo.com <mrkensmith416@yahoo.com>

Dear Sir.

My name is Mr. Ken Smith based in London; I am the
Attorney of the Late Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, the wife of
the Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. Mrs. Stella
Obasanjo just died on the early hours of Sunday 23rd
October 2005 in a hospital in Spain where she went for
a surgical operation. Before the death of Late Mrs.
Stella Obasanjo she placed thee sum of Ten
Million, Six hundred United States
Dollars (U.S.$10,600,000) in a securities company
which l will disclose to you later.

The Securities Company does not know the content of
the boxes in their vault, I happen to know of the
content of these boxes because I am the attorney
handling all Mrs. Stella Obasanjo´s financial matters.
The documents of these funds are in my possession so I
seek assistance to get the funds out of the securities
company. I would like to divulge to you that her
family does not know of these funds.
I here by seek a trust worthy person who is ready to
assist me in securing the release and transfer of
these funds to a safe account for future
investment purposes. Note that your reward for your
participation will be 40% of the total funds. Please
respond back with your full contact information if you
are willing to assist me with this transaction via
this e-mail View web site below for your further
confirmation:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4368806.stm

Please send all these information to me immediately
for the change of ownership in your name which you
will stand to represent and claims of the fund that
she deposited with the security company.
Your Full names
Your telephone and fax numbers
Your Age/Occupation
Thanks
Mr Ken Smith
<zumbo@gmx.nets>

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