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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: "noh dae jung" <mandy_john1985@msn.com>
Reply-To: nohdaejung202@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 01:28:07 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNER

Greetings from me and my family.
Getting your contact was not an easy task because since I am not computer
literate, I ordered my son to seek a partner very far away and he went to
the institute of International Business to apply and he paid them the
charges. My name is NOH DAE-JUNG, The brother of GENERAL. NOH TAE-WOO, the
former President of South Korea who ascended to power through a popular
electoral victory in 1988 to 1992. After serving duly, he was accused of
mass embezzlement which ran into billions of won because of the GREAT
OLYMPICS 1988 which brought Korea to the world lime light, and was arrested
but released after long years of incarceration and now under scrutiny.

Before my brother's was overthrown, I secretly siphoned the sum of 30
million United States Currency out of Seoul and deposited the money with a
security firm that transports valuable goods and through diplomatic means.I
am contacting you because I want you to deal with the security company and
claim the money on my behalf since I have declared that the consignment
belong to my foreign business partner. You shall also be required to assist
me in investment in your country. I expect you to declare what percentage of
the total money you will take for your assistance. When I receive your
positive response I will let you know where the security company is and the
payment pin code to claim the money which is very important.

we do not want the government of my Country to know about the money because
they will believe I got the money from my brother while he was still in
office as president .Once you confirm the receipt of the money ,I will come
over with my Children to your Country or any Country in Europe to start a
new life with my Family. As soon as payment is effected, and the amount
mentioned above is successfully transferred into your account, we intend to
use our own share in acquiring some estates abroad. For this too you shall
also be our overseas manager of all our properties and you will be paid
based on a certain percentage agreed on by both parties. For now, let all
our communication be by e-mail because my line is right now connected to the
South Korean Telecommunication Network services therefore we can not take
the chances of being heard.

Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Noh Dae-Jung.

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