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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: "Ahmed mujid" <ahmedmujid@yahoo.ie> (may be fake)
Reply-To: investors@ameinfo.com
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:55:06 -0800
Subject: Your Offer

Dear Sir, I solicit for my Clients (a group of foreign contractors in Iraq).We are interested in your collaboration on movement of large sums of funds from Iraq (due to the security cituation)for investment in Cement and other building materials. The first transaction will be for the movement of about Seven million United States Dollars form an Iraqi bank. Due to the crack down on Al Qaeda and it's financiers large payment of such can only be authorized by Iraqi Central bank if they are paid out as payment for purchase,to a Foreign contractor or investment. If you accept to participate in this transaction,we shall then state the terms,conditions and remunerations. You will also be required to submit to us your full contact;your company or individual name and address,Bank and account that you norminate for the transfer. For the avoidance of doubt,your norminated account for this transaction should be of zero value(i.e no money in the account),this is to satisfy that

no one entertains any fear of giving out information that may lead to lost of money. Your confidential submission should reach me not later than seven bank working days from date.You can also contact my Clients on investors@ameinfo.com Thank you for your time in preparing this. Sincerely, Ahmed mujid.

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