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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: georgeakinyele@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:16:56 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?GOOD=20DAY=21?=

GOOD DAY!

I AM DR. George Akinyele, THE AUDITOR ACCOUNTANT OF DUHOCNGA CONSTRUCTIONS
LTD, LONDON. A CONTRACT WAS AWARD TO MY FIRM BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF
NIGERIA IN SEPTEMBER 2002 AND WE HAVE BEEN PAID 60% OUT OF THE TOTAL CONTRACT
CHARGES OF US$3OMILLION BEFORE HIS DEATH AFTER A HEART SURGERY IN FEBUARY
16TH ,2003. NO OTHER PERSON(S) KNOWS ABOUT THIS OR ANY THING CONCERNING
THE BALANCE PAYMENT, THE PAYMENT BALANCE OF $12MILLION IS STILL FLOATING
AS THE CEO DID NOT INCLUDE ANY BENEFICIARY AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO
ME AS WELL
THAT THE PRESENT CEO ( THE SON OF THE LATE DIRECTOR) COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PAYMENT BALANCE AND THE AMOUNT INVOLVED . I WANT TO
TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGNERS ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T KNOW
ANY FOREIGNER, I AM ONLY CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER BECAUSE OF THE NEEDTO
INVOLVE A FOREIGNER WITH FOREIGN ACCOUNT AS I AM PLANNING TO INVEST MY
SHARE OF THIS DEAL IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION TO MAKE THIS WORK FINE. BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT
IS READY TO APPROVE THIS PAYMENT TO ANY FOREIGNER WHO HAS CORRECT INFORMATION
OF THIS CONTRACT(i.e. Contract documents), WHICH I WILL GIVE TO YOU LATER
IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE ABLE AND WITH CAPABILITY TO COMPLETE THIS TRANSACTIONWITH
ME AND PROMISE TO HANDLE SUCH AMOUNT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND TRUST ACCORDING
TO MYINSTRUCTIONS AND ADVICE FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT BECAUSE THISOPPORTUNITY
WILL NEVER COME AGAIN IN MY LIFE. I WANT YOU TO ASSURE ME YOUARE GOING TO
BE SINCERE AND HONEST IN THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
TO MAKE MISTAKE I NEED YOUR STRONGASSURANCE AND TRUST.


I KNOW THAT THIS MASSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW>OUR
SELVES BEFORE, BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. IONLY
GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS FROM THE INTERNET, WITH BELIEVE IN GOD THAT YOU
WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN IN THIS BUSINESS YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON THAT I HAVE
CONTACTED IN THIS BUSINESS, SO PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY SO THAT I WILLINFORM
YOU THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE URGENTLY.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BUSINESS, YOU WILL BE GIVEN 30% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT,65%
WILL BE FOR ME, WHILE 5% WILL BE FOR EXPENSES BOTH PARTIES MIGHT HAVEINCURED
DURING THE PROCESS OF TRANSACTION.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPLY TO MY ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL;
george_ akinyele@latinmail.com

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST REPLY BY EMAIL.

YOURS TRULY,

>MR. George Akinyele.



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