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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: "Dominic Edison" <dominicedison@msn.com>
Reply-To: drdominic9@myway.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 05:07:33 -0800
Subject: URGENT

DIRECT MOBILE( 234-803-3666669)

E-MAIL: (drdominic9@yahoo.com )

Dear Sir

am DR.DOMINIC EDISON Foreign payment adviser to the president Federal
Republic of Nigeria, Sequel to the secretive arrangement in regards of the
shipment of your contract sum, I wish to inform you that all necessary
modalities have been automatically concluded and has left Nigeria to London
via there stop over unit today for your collection/claim it with your
shipment document in Express Cargo Flight With Air And Sea Diplomat office
in London

Note carefully that the content of the boxes is "MONEY" but I did not
disclose it to the Courier Services as Money, rather I informed them that
the boxes contain Vital "DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS" belonging to my client
(that’s you).

Furthermore, the weight of the consignment is 180kg but I manage to pay only
98kg, which cost US$45,900.00. On no account should you disclose the content
of the boxes with the Diplomatic Courier Services for fear of betrayal. So
do not allow them to know that the content is money. , In the meantime,
contact the Diplomatic Courier Services Mr. LEO SCOTT . On his email
address (diplomatic204@yahoo.co.uk) today as soon as you receive this fax to
know the actual situation with the consignment and get back to me as soon as
possible so that I can give you the shipment document with the keys, that
will prove your self the owner of the consignment also inform them, date of
your coming to there office to pick up the consignment from them, also you
can arrange with them for the delivery to your address why I did not
instructed to deliver it to avoid mistake of delivering. Congrates and
remain blessed.



Best Regards,

DR.DOMINIC EDISON

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