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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 Victor Efosa" <victor2@chillimail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: v_efosa@uymail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:14:48 -0800
Subject: MY FAITHFULL FRIEND

Attn sir,
My name is Victor Efosa, i am the managing director of
ITT BANk PLC here in Nigeria, on 20th Novmber 2004 man named MR.
Haryanto Tomo from indonesia, deposited the sum of
U$10million dollars with our bank here in Nigeria, up till then i did not head from
him not until this year when i received a call from christain friend who
travled to Indonesia last year told me that there was a tsunami in asia that
kill thousands of indonesia's, include one of nigerian ITT customer Mr.
Haryanto.

Right now i am contacting you to know if you can help
me to receive the money over there as his relatives or next of
kin, since all my effort to locate his family with the
telephone number he gave me (62853700612) proved nothing, if
you are willing to do this deal, you should not in any
reason tell anybody about this transaction until you confirm the
money in your account/home, because all we need is to
get the document of (change of onwership account from the federal high
court) on your behalf. Always call me on my direct
line+ 234-80-331-27-410 for security reasons or email me
on: v_efosa@uymail.com

Waiting for your call now

Victor Efosa



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