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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: addiro_xxx@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 06:37:19 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MOST=20URGENT?=

THE OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT
GENERAL,FEDERAL BOARD ON INLAND
REVENUE SERVICES
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
REPLY TO: addirogail@echina.com

Dear Friend ,

Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction,by virtue of
its nature as been utterly confidential and top secret,Though i know that
a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried,but
I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
i have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction,as
we have reliably informed of it's swiftness and confidentiality.
Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you I am DR.PRINCE
AKUDDIROGAIL HEAD OF ACCOUNT FEDERAL BOARD OFINLAND REVENUE SERVICES,LAGOS.
I came across your contact in my private search for a reliably and reputable
person to handle a very confidential transaction,which involves huge sum
of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.
Owing to inconsistency in the economy of my country largely political,i
have been compel to take some precaution against any development in the
political climate of my country .
I am 40 years old with a family of 4 as heirs and wish to make a great provision
for there future upkeep.
The whole transaction is the fact that i move out hurriedly into europethe
sum of 25 million us dollars(twenty five million )
in a vault house, ,so my appeal is for a binding arrangement with you as
foreign associate to transfer the fund for investment under your custody
as the government do not allow us to have a foreign account while on office
, i am willing to allow out a brokerage of 25% out of the whole transaction
if you will consider this offer in confidence, If this proposal is ok by
you and you do not wish to take advantage of the trust i hope to bestow
on you and your company,then kindly get to me immediately via my personal
email address above furnishing me with your most confidential phone, fax
numbers and email address?s that I could forward to you the relevant details
of this transaction.
Expecting your anticipated co-operation.

Yours sincerely
DR PRINCE AKUDDIROGAIL.





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