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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: "james tony" <tonyjames777@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:41:54 +0000
Subject: Hope this is ok by you.


My good friend,

We can procced I so can you call me as well, send down your infors, I do
think I have been asking for this for long. Why don't you want to send it. I
do not mean any harm to your infors, just for me to forward it to the
security company so that you can be recongized as the right next of kin.

I awit for your infors, atleast by now you would have been cnotacted from
them, so that we can smile very soon.Doknowthat this is very important I
need your co-operation so that this can go very well.

Hope to hear from you, yopu have my number call me. Why are you avoiding to
call me and to send you infors, trust me this transaction will prove some
good to you and I will have to use my part of my to invest in your country.I
am waiting for your postive response.

Do note that I will have to forward to yiou all the document realating to
this transaction as soon as you have heard from the company.

Call me now.

Best Regards,

T.N.JAMES

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