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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 CHIMA VICTOR" <chima1@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: chima_v8@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 20:57:19 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY FRIEND

CHALLENGE SECURITIES AND FINANCE LTD
LAGOS, NIGERIA

ATTENTION:SIR

I am MR.CHIMA VICTOR, the Director of Operations CHALLENGE SECURITIES LTD,LAGOS
NIGERIA. Here in NIGERIA Our firm is a security company of high repute with
years of outstanding service to the people of Africa.I have resolved to
contact you through this medium based on business proposal that will be
of mutual benefit to both of us.

I got your particulars through a consultant company base on my research
for atrustworthy and established person that understands investment ethic
for entering into a life time profitable joint partnership investment and
also co-operation with confidence and trust that you willkeep the contents
secret and divulged to any third party.

To be explicit and straight to the point. Some time early 1997, a reputable
client of ours deposited aconsignment in our company\'s vault for safe keeping.And
since then our client has failed to come forward to claim his consignment,
which has accumulated aconsiderable amount of money in demurrage.Consequently,
in our bide to contact this client to redeem the demurrage which his consignment
had accumulated we discovered that our client was the former president of
the Federal Republic of Zaire, who died of illness after he was de-throwed
in the same year the consignment was entrusted into our care.Since the death
of our client President Mobutou Seseseko, none of his benefactors has come
forward to claim the consignment with us, which means that non of his relatives
or aids had any knowledge of this consignment.

Hence out of curiosity I decided to secretly open the two boxes that our
client deposited in our vault. And to my surprise I discovered that the
two boxes that were registered as treasurer by our client actually contained
a considerable amount of money in United States Dollars amounting to about
US$30 million Dollar. Since this development I have been nursing plans secretly.
I also found out from enquiries and the foreign media that our late client
siphoned a lot of money from his country while he was in office as head
of state.It is my conviction that the consignment
in our vault was part of the money that our client siphoned and now that
he is dead there is no race to this money in our care.

I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in transferring this
money out
of nigeria to your country for immediate investment with your assistance.I
have also decided that you will generously been titled to 30% of the total
amount. Upon my receiptof your reply confirming your willingness to assist
me of this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all the
rights of ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate your
easy clearance and transfer of the
complete funds to yourcountry.

you have nothing to worry about, as I will be there to assist you in anyway
necessary with all proper documentation.

This transaction is 100% risk free.Please maintain absolute confidentiality
on this matter.
Please reply to the above email address with your telephone and fax so can
call you.

Thanks.

Yours faithfully.

MR.CHIMA AVICTOR



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