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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: charles.obi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:19:52 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?from=20charles=20obi?=

from .Mr.charles obi,
United Bank For Affrica
Nigeria.

Dear sir,

I have the honour and confidence to introduce to you this view of the fact
that you are trustworthy and reliable . Iam Mr charles obi the Adictor In
United Bank for Africa[UBA]. there is an account opened in this bank in
1980 and sincs 1990 nobody has opeated on this account again After intensiveinvestigation
i discoveed that the owner of this account was president of Gun finance
PTY LTD,Aforeigner and he died in 1990 and since then the account has no
beneficiary. My investigation proved to me as well that the company does
not know anything about the account. theaccount invole is sixty-five million
United State of American Dollar $ 65,000,000,00. In the light of abve fact
,indeed your assistance to open door to this opportunity by providing your
account of your choice where the fund will be remitted. your assistance
as a foreigner is necessary because the managemement is ready to welcomme
any person a foreigner who has corrects information of this account, which
i will give to you immediately if you are interested to conclude this transaction
with me .you should be informed strictly that i would burn all the documents
in your presence immediately after this money been remitted to your account
and you should bear in mind that we shall meet face to tace for sharing
in your country.I willapply for annual I eave immediately i hear from you
that you are ready to act and receive this fuud in your account. THIS is
to enable me use my position and influrnce in effect of the onward transfer
of this money to your desire account. At the conclusion of this business
you will be given 20% of the total amount,80%will be for us.
I look forward to your earliest reply.

Yours Truly

Mr.charles obi



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