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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: "Eng. Edward George" <edwardgeorge2@virgilio.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: edwardgeorge@virgilio.it
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:35:53 +0000
Subject: Treat as Urgent

ATTN: CEO,

REQUEST FOR URGENT TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF FIFTEEN MILLION THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS {US$15,300,000.00} ONLY, INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT.

I am the Deputy Director of finance, foreign payment approval dept. of West African Monetary
Control Board (WAMCB) North-West Regional office Burkina Faso. My office oversees all
developmental projects financed by the Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS) within this zone (Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Guinea)

With reference to an introduction and recommendation of you by a friend who works in the
Burkina Faso Chambers of Commerce and Industry, I do hereby; Wish to commence talk
with you on a highly confidential level. After due consultations with my colleagues, we have
decided to contact you in order to arrange for a possible transfer of the sum of Fifteen million
three hundred thousand dollars (US$15.300.000.00) into your account. This money is a
subject of an over inflated sum acquired from contracts awarded by my Agency in the past
years.

The original contractors have however, been paid and all projects executed by them
commissioned. This over inflated amount can not be withdrawn locally from the paying Bank
because the contractors concerned are foreign Firms. As a matter of trust, honesty and
secrecy, we have decided to contact you as to assist us provide an account for this transaction
if you have accepted to assist and fully participate in this transaction, kindly furnish us with the
necessary information such as Bank address, Account number, Account name and your full
address.

With this information provided, the said sum will be transfer to your account without difficulties.
The terms of sharing the money after a successful transfer will be discuss as you indicate your
interest in assisting to transfer this money.

Immediately all these information gets to us, we will then present every document to the paying
bank. Be rest assured with our connections, everything will be through within a short time.

After many years of meticulous services to the government and people of our sub region we
would not want our image to be dented. Therefore we expect you to handle this transaction
with utmost maturity by keeping everything secret. I can assure you that if our instructions are
carefully adhered to, there will not be any hitch through out the transaction, and there is no
risk on your side, because we have perfected the deal very well over years.

After the transfer, we will be coming over to your country for further sharing and possible
investments.

I'm waiting to hear from you urgently through the telephone number below or mail me back
ASAP: edwardgeorge@virgilio.it

Eng. Edward George
TEL: 00226 70 259-164

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