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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: muhammed_wadanas@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 04:52:59 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I=20NEED=20YOUR=20ASSISTANCE=2E?=

I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.

DEAR SIR,

I WISH THE BEST IN LIFE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND I HOPE YOU WILL RECEIVE
THIS MAIL IN GOOD SPIRIT AND RESPOND QUICKLY WITH UTMOST SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY,
IN THE NAME OF ALMIGHTY ALLAH, THE MERCIFUL, THE MASTER OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
I GREET YOU MAY THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH GIVE YOU THE WISDOM TO UNDERSTAND MY
PREDICAMENT.

I AM MUHAMMED MUSTAPHA WADA NAS, THE ELDEST SURVIVING SON OF LATE ALHAJI
WADA NAS. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE I HEREBY SOLICIT FOR YOUR HELP.

I GOT YOUR ADDRESS THROUGH MY PERSONAL SEARCH FOR RELIABLE PERSON THAT CAN
HELP ME IN SECURING THE SAFE KEEPING OF THE FUND TILL MY ARRIVAL IN YOUR
COUNTRY.

I HAVE A BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR YOU WHICH I HOPE BY THE SPECIAL GRACE OF
ALLAH WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO YOU AND ME. THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL IS NOT AN
ILLUSION BUT ACHIEVABLE IF GIVING YOUR MAXIMUM SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION.

PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS FUND IS NOT A LOANED OR STOLEN MONEY JUST
FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100 PERCENT RISK FREE.

MY FATHER, ALHAJI WADA NAS WAS THE SPECIAL DUTIES MINISTER OF NIGERIA AND
ALSO THE CHAIRMAN CONFERENCE OF NIGERIAN POLITICAL PARTIES (CNPP BEFORE
HE WAS KILLED BY THIS WICKED GOVERNMENT.

YOU CAN READ OF HIS DEATH ROM
HTTP://WWW.VANGUARDNGR.COM/ARTICLES/2002/COVER/F404012005.HTML.

ON THE DYING DAYS OF MY FATHER, HE REVEALED TO ME OF ABOUT
$25.8M TWENTY FIVE MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS KEPT IN A
FINANCIAL SECURITY COMPANY AND HE DIRECTED ME TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO
A FOREIGN ACCOUNT BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS OF IT.

MY MOTHER AND I ARE LEFT WITH NO OTHER OPTION THAN TO INVEST THIS MONEY
OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY WHERE IT WILL BE SAFE.

I HEREBY PROPOSE THIS TO YOU IF AND ONLY IF I CAN COUNT ON YOU YOU TAKE
25%OF THE MONEY, I TAKE , 5% WILL BE FOR ANY EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THE
TRANSFER OF THIS FUND, AND THE REMAINING 20% WILL BE FOR A JOINT BUSINESS
IN YOUR COUNTRY.

PLEASE, ALL WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER AND YOUR CONTACT
ADDRESS FOR ONWARD TRANSFER OF THIS FUND.

I SERIOUSLY COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT AND COOPERATION GOD BLESS YOU, I URGENTLY
AWAIT YOUR REPLY.PLEASE REPLY TO:

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MUHAMMED MUSTAPHA WADA NAS

N:B : PLEASE REPLY ME BACK TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS :
muhammed_wadanas@tiscali.it



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