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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: m_placid@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:45:37 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?pls=20i=20need=20your=20urgent=20reply?=

Dear ====,

My name is Placid Mark Ikedinachukwu from Nigeria, The first born [son]
of late Engr. Robert Ikedinachukwu the former deputy governor of LAGOS
state in 1984.LAGOS STATE is a state in nigeria, by that time my father
was doing a combine business with a white man from U.S.A called Engr. Jean
william, this man nationalize here in Nigeria and he has no child.during
that period they built a very large company that produce aluminium, this
company is known as ikedinachukwu and william aluminium industry.

In the year 2002 when my dad with his partner william got involved in a
ghastly motor accident during a trip to ABUJA for business proposals, inevitably
they conldn't run away from the ugly hands of death in other words both
died on the spot.

NOW, MY MAIN PURPOSE OF CONTACTING YOU TODAY IS FOR $4m (FOUR MILLION U.S
DOLLARS) LEFT BY LATE Engr. WILLIAM IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT HERE IN NIGERIA.

I am contacting you today for the transfering of the four million u.s
dollars into your own bank account, you will claim as the next of kin of
late Engr.william. AS I SAID,Engr william had no wife no child no relation
here in nigeria and that's exactly why i needed your help mostly to claim
as the next of kin of late Engr. william and i promise you that with me
you can't be dissapointed in this transaction because i am the only person
that can say that you are the next of kin. please if you are interested
in this transaction, Kindly get back to me immediately and also tell me
the amount of money you need in this business. i need to hear from you soonest


THANK'S
BEST REGARD
Placid

please send your reply to my pravite email add;p_mark_ike@yahoo.com





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