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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: "FROM THE CHAIRMAN WEST AFRICAN RELIF AGENCY." <magaji_2004@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:31:23 +0700
Subject:

FROM THE CHAIRMAN
WEST AFRICAN RELIEF AGENCY,

Attn,


With ultmost regard and hope for understanding,I wish to solicit for your co-operation in this
proposal. First and foremost,I am Mr Magaji C. IDRIS,the Chairman of West African Relief Agency,here in West Africa.
Our Organization awarded a contract to a foreign company valued at US$20.5m. The contract was not finally executed,but in my capacity as the Chairman of the Organization, I purported that the
contract had been executed and I equally gave the name of the company as SOFT PEDAL INTERNATIONAL.
The contract payment from our organization had been floating for the past six months.My
foriegn partner and confidant in this type of business died in a plane crash in Benin (please
checkhttp://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=38598&SelectRegion=West_Africa)
and that is why I am contacting you to reprofile the fund in your name and put claims to the money which the funds are coming via private bank and this is a legitimate transaction.You will be paid 10% for your "management fees" 60 % for me and my colleagues,20% for the Tsunami Victims and 10% to cover the cost of the transfer.
I am mainly contacting you because my retirement from office will be due soon and if I do not plan and put claims to the money, I will loose the money to the agency as the new chairman might call back the money.
On my side here as the Chairman,I will send all the authentic documents to the fund to you for easy claim and transfer of the fund to your account, while I come over for my share.If this interest you, please contact me immediately

Sincerly

Mr Magaji C. IDRIS

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