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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: "sawilliam" <sawilliams@handbag.com>
Reply-To: sawilliam_50@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:53:08 -0800
Subject: urgent reply,

i am barriste fa williams the only son of late chief williams,former minister
for finance in liberia my dad died on his way to madrid on a plane crash
pur ported to be caused by his political opponent.being a polygamous family
his wealth has been shared to all his children,me being the only son of
my mum i inherited $20 million .
but now due to the political imbroglio in my country i transfered the money
into a bank in nigeria{central bank of nigeria} being the closest place
where i could have transfered the money from my country.i am now in nigeria
since the crisis began in my country .i dont even find nigeria safe to invest
such amount of money because of their incessant rate of scam so right now
i want to transfer my money into a prospective foreign account for safety
.i am looking for a honest person that will help me keep my money in your
country .so at the end of the day you will have 25% of my money.
for more information partaining to this do not hesitate to contact:
sawilliam_50@yahoo.com or my mobile phone number:2348033974845.

thanks
s.a williams



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