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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: "RAVIV EITAN" <eitania@quepasa.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: eitania@firehousemail.com
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:06:40 -0800
Subject: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

Dear Friend,

With all due respect, my name is Raviv Etan. I am the head of customer
Service department of a securities & deposit bank in Europe with a network
of branches in 6 cities of the world. My reasons for contacting you is very
Simple but first and foremost, I got your contact information through a personal research. To really understand my intentions and reasons for contacting you, please take a careful look at the webpage below
WEB PAGE;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_909000/909972.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_877000/877113.stm

Recently, i have received letter/emails from various people who at one time
or the other have come up with some documents claiming to have the legal
backing to withdraw from an account with our bank. But due to the conflicts
in their claims, myself and a colleague of mine in the computer department made some preliminary investigation and shockingly discover that indeed the sum of fifty seven million dollar ($57,000,000.00) was deposited with a company name (STRABAGGS NIG.LTD.) But our findings revealed that the said deposit belonged to the late Nigerian head of state Gen. Sani Abacha. And the money was embezzled from the Nigerian oil reserve .

As a duty to the people of Nigeria, the present Nigerian Government has been contacted after long thought. Right now, we are at the middle of a very important
Meeting on how the money will be remitted to the government and people of
Nigeria. However, not all was declared .we withheld nine million dollar
($9, 000000).that money most be wired out to a save place before it is
discovered. I need you to be part of this by way of assisting us secure the funds.
We will agree on a percentage so that every one will be happy.

If you are capable of handling such large funds without drawing attention to your self, please reply through return mail, indicating your interest and willingness to help and I will send you the more information regarding your role in this project. However, if my
Proposal dose not meet your moral ethics. Please feel free to disregard this massage.

Thank in anticipated co-operation
Mr.Raviv Etan.

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