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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: frank williams <frank_williams_24@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <frank_williams_009@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:22:05 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSITANCE



Dear Friend,
I am frank williams, an Army contractor attached to the US Military force in Iraq . The reason why I’m explaining my findings to you are to seek for your assistance to enable you contributes immensely to the actualization of my dream. On the 16th day of April 2007, I and my group of 4 men were alerted on the need of some reconstruction works in Haifa Street , a long thoroughfare of high-rise buildings built and occupied by Saddam Hussein when he was alive here in Baghdad.

Immediately we proceeded to the site and as we commence work to our utmost surprise we discovered an underground bunker in one of the buildings. Upon investigation of the bunker we discovered two boxes safely hidden and sealed, I told my men to open the boxes in order to find out the contents and when they were opened to our amazement the boxes contained some US Dollars which amounted to $7.2 Million USD after I and two of my men counted it.
However, I instructed them to keep this in high secrecy so that we can have the money to our selves due to past experience, they all agreed to the plan and we were going to get the money out of the country but first we had to hide the money in a safe and untraceable location. I am now in desperate need of a "Reliable and Trustworthy" person like you who would receive, secure and protect these boxes containing the US Dollars for me upon my conclusion with my assignment here.

We cannot leave the boxes here in Iraq for any reason since Iraq is getting unsafe and dangerous everyday. I assure and promise to give you 10% of this fund, however feel free to negotiate what you wish to have as your percentage in this deal.
Please assure me of your keeping this top most secret within you so that my job would not be jeopardized as we are not suppose to be seen handling funds of any amount here in Iraq, it is against our ethic.
My Sincere regards,
frank williams.
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