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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: "Africa Developmentb" <africa_db1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 07:42:05 +0000
Subject: REMINDER

Attn:Frau Wag
Iam so sorry for the delay in responding to your mail and effecting your
payment.Our system was down and we were trying to upgrade to enable us serve
our customers better.
We are in receipt of your contract file for payment,but however,due to
inceasant complains by our foriegn customers over thier payment,we have
taken measures to control the problems of misconduct and
impersonation.Pursuant to this,we have reached an agreement with our
affiliate bank in London for tranfers over one million dollars.This is
because we are under strict laws not to transfer amounts over one million
dollars due to money laundring and anti-terrorism campaign.Your Name and
contract payment file appears in one of the file forwarded to my office for
payment.So upon conclusion of every due process,our affiliate bank in London
will credit your account with your total contract sum of $21.5m.This however
will take 48 hours.
You are therefore to reconfirm to us,your contact address and phone number
as soon as you can to enble us send the relevant documents about this funds
to you and then effect your payment immediately..I advise you call my
private number for futher details 234_8025849666
Once again we are deeply sorry for the delays which was out of our control.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Donald Kaberuka,
(President ADB)

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