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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: phill_5222 <phillip@dailypioneer.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:33:37 +0530 (IST)
Subject: GOOD LUCK TO YOU!!!

Phillip Martins Chamber$Associates
39 Havery St Ikoyi,
South West Lagos

Attention,

Your name and your e-mail address came up by our law firm,
P.Martins Law Chambers in Lagos, Nigeria. My name is Phillip Martins.
A personal attorney to our late client
Mr.James Harrison who use to worked for an oil firm in
Nigeria. Mr James Harrison a well known
Philanthropist,before he died, he made a Will stating that
$1,0M (One million U.S. dollars only) should be donated to
any Philanthropist of our choice overseas. We have made a
random draw and your name and e-mail address was picked as
the beneficiatry to this Will. I am particularly interested
in securing this money from the Bank, because they have
issued a notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary
of this Will within two weeks or else the money will be
credited to the Government treasury as per law here. It is
my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client.You
are required to contact me immediately on my private Email:
(phill_2244@yahoo.co.uk) to start the process of sending this
money to any of your designated official account. I urge you to
contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the
Bank has given us a date limit.

Regards.
Phillip Martins Esq,
Principal Partner.

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