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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: "dave" <davepharoah_okadigbo@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: christne4christ@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:02:50 +0200
Subject: Inherittance Claim(Please Read This,Very Urgent)


Dear Friend,

INHERITTANCE CLAIM.
May The Almighty God Give You The Wisdom To Understnd My Predicament.
I, DAVE PHAROAH OKADIGBO,The Eldest Surviving Son Of Late Dr CHUBA OKADIGBO[May
His Soul Rest In Peace]Hereby Solicit For Your Help. I Have A Bussiness
Proposal For You Which I Hope By The Special Grace Of God Will Be Beneficial
To You And Me.This Bussiness Proposal Is Not An Illusion But Achievable
If Giving Your Maximum Support And co-operation.I Have To Assure You That
This Bussiness Proposal Is Risk Free.
My Father[Dr Chuba Okadigbo]Was The Senate President Of The Federal Republic
Of Nigeria And Also The All Peoples Party Vice Presidential Flagbearer Of
2003 General Election In The Country Befor he was killed by

this Wicked Government.On The Dying Days Of My Father,He Confessed To Me
Of About $1.5m[One Million ,Five Hundrend Thousand US Dollars] Kept In A
Financial
Security Company And He Directed Me To Transfer This Money To A Foreign
Account Before The Government Knows Of It .My Mother And I Are Left With
No Other Option Than To Invest This Money Outside The Country Where It Will
Be Safe. I Hereby Propose This To You If And Only If I Can Count On You.
1]That You Take 35%Of The Money
2]I Take 55%
3]The Remaing 10% Will Be For A Joint Bussiness In
Your Country.
Finally,What I Need From You Is Your Telephone Number And Your Contact
Address For Onward Transfer Of This Fund.I Seriously Count On Your Support
And Cooperation.
God Bless You.
Yours Faithfully,
DAVE OKADIGBO PHAROAH.






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