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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: "Aguguo Paul" <aguguo_o_paul@msn.com>
Reply-To: aguguo_o_paul@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 18:37:17 +0000
Subject: MY BELOVED, IN YOU I HAVE MY TRUST.

Dear BELOVED,

I am Mr.PAUL O. AGUGUO, a Regional Supervisour with
FINANCE HOUSE. in NIGERIA. We had a foreign
client (name
with held) who deposited a huge sum of money (US$40million
dollars) .
Eventually, this client was among the victims of EGYPT AIR
BOEING 767
FLIGHT NO.990 that crashed on the 31-10-1999 in U.S.A but,
since then
we have not had any body coming for the claims as the next
of kin. A
sitaution I have monitored closely with my position in the
Company. Now,having monitored this deposit and managed it over the
years before his death, and hence nobody has showed up as
the next of kin for the past four year plus, I have removed
the file to my private save.
I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the
next of kin
as every other arrangement has being concluded by me and I
am only
waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his
account.I
will need your private telephone and fax numbers and your
full name and
address, company or residential so that I can computerise
them to tally
with the next of kin collum in the certificate of deposit.
This does not have any risk attached to it as all the
internal
documentations will be handled by me. I therefore request
you to
confirm your interest by a return message and I will
furnish you with
details.Lastly for the immediate take off of this
transaction you have
to confirm your willingness and readiness to assist me
retrive this
deposit.
Please for your assistance in this transaction you will be
entitled
to 30% percent of the total sum and 10% percent will cover
all the
expences incurred in the process of the transaction.I look
forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards
MR.PAUL O. AGUGUO.

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