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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: clarajohnson@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:19:37 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?KINDLY=20=20REPLY=20=20NOW?=

Hello My Dear
I am MrsClara Johnson please i need your help since
the incidence that led to the death of my late husband
MR Joseph Johnson of Movement for soveriegn State of Ogoni,
in Rivers State, the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria, things has not realy
been the same
again for me and I know we have not
met before, but, I am contacting you with due sense of
humanity,
responsibility and the belive that you will give my
proposal a mutual understanding I am soliciting
for an assistance to move the sum $13.8
million USD to your country for investment The fund is
presently in a
security company for safety since the 6- 2- 2001 The real
content
was not declared as it was kept as photographic equipment
please I
need you as a partner to assist in transferring the fund
and provide good investment plans
for it. The fund will be under your investment control forthree years during
which only the
profit will be shared annually 70% for me and 30% for you
annually I am
a Christian with the fear of GOD in any thing I am doing so
please I want us to build trust
on each other All the deposit documents shall be sent to
you as soon as you indicate your interest.
Thanks in anticipation of your response
Pls also make sure that all your reply MUST be copied via this My alternative
email address is;clarajohnson06@myownemail.com or clara_carl_johnson@yahoo.com
Best regards
Clara Johnson (Mrs)



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