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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: charles_okadigbo336@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:27:57 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I=20Need=20your=20help?=

FROM CHARLES OKADIGBO

DATE 20TH OCTOBER 2004

I am from africa, 28 years in possession of my dad's properties, he was
poisoned in a political rally in my country, he was the FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT,
here in Nigeria before his death I have been in charge of his business and
have got no problem in controlling it so far. Few days after his death I
received a letter from his bank notifying me of his account in one of the
banks in Nigeria that worth of $21,500,000(Twenty-one million five hunderd
thousand USA dollars) which he got from a supply he did with the Federal
Government of Nigeria.

As a result of this notification I have wrote a letter through my Lawyer
to the bank to transfer the Money to a Vault House in Europe, based on the
reason that they knew my dad make's a lot of money when he was still in
government, so I will not like a situation that the present Government
may probe his assets, I will like the money to be under your custody so
that I will proceed ahead and invest it in your country.

I know that this issue is a very sensitive one and it has to be highly confidential,
why you don't send me your personal phone # and Fax # for quicker communication,
the transaction is a risk free and your share shall be 30%of the total sum
of this money provided you co-operation with me. My daddy happens to be
a very popular person so let it be highly confidential. Update me back with
my private E-mail address (charlesokadigbo336@echina.com)

Take care of yourself

Charles Okadigbo



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