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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: "Mr. Von Heinz" <vonheinz@atlas.cz> (may be fake)
Reply-To: barr.jkellyjnr@lawyer.com
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:14:52 -0700
Subject: Good Day?

Dear Sir,
application for supply of physiotherapic equipment
i am a nigerian contractor in terms of supply and maintainance of medical equipment and facilities. i am a biochemist of madona university anambra state nigeria .. i am 42 years old .
I was awarded a contract by the government of my state anambra state to supply some physiotherapic equipment to all of the 721 government hospitals across the state located in different areas across the state. the ones that are needed for now are as follows
i shortwave diathermy[sw-180] 721 peceice
ii 1 mhz ultrasound [us-7p] \"
iii interferential current[if-7p] \"
iv neuro-muscular bstimulator \"
v dual channel tens[120z] \"
vi electro-acupuncture of three- palm-sized[1c-1107+] 721 peceice
vii eight-channel electro-acupunture[pg-8] 721 peceice
viii infrared&ultraviolet[T-300/500] 721 peceice
ix bone union stimulator[osteotron 11]\"
x TM- 300 traction unit[with a patient switch] 721 peceice
xi triangular flexion stool \"
xii pulsed&continuous microwave inverter-controlled[pm-800] 721 peceice
with 721 mx2 complete x-ray machine
the above mensioned , are the onese needed for now.
haven goten this kind of supply for the first time,i decided to go throgh the internet for the transaction. so i want your company to supply me the above mentioned equipments in accordance with the quantity enphacised. the duration given to me to supply them is just 90 days. i believe that the cost of purchasing them in your country will be cheapper than hear so if you are intrested,mail me back emediatly through TRANSDIPLOMATICSERVICE@YAHOO.COM or call my phone no 2340829441562. and tell me the costs of each equipment in [u s a] doler and how much it will all cost me to purchase the whole peces of equipment as well as the cost of delievry to the needed areas. then i will tell you where and how you will go about clearing about sixty percentage [60%]of the total cost. that is if your price will be conciderable.
THANKS
JOHN WALTER

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