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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: sai.adamz@atlas.cz
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:59:42 +0100
Subject: ACKNOLEDEGMENT...

Dear Friend,

After due deliberation with my partner,We decided to contact you on a Mutual business relationship which is highly classified and profitable to both parties.

Because of the high security measure put in place as regards this transaction,no additional information will be disclosed untill you reply to ascertain your contact. And upon ascertaining of your contact,a propositional letter would be sent alongside with the neccessary information regarding this business.

This transaction is 100% hitch free and as i said,its highly classified.

To make you less curious,Your contact is gotten from our oil and gas chambers of commerce and industry.

Best regards,

ENG. DR. Michael.

Anti-fraud resources:

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