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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: "TAFA BALOGUN" <tafabalogun@i12.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: tafabalogun1@i12.com
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 04:46:07 -0700
Subject: NETHERLAND TRANSACTION (CAN I TRUST U)

TRUST NETHERLAND

I have the courage to ask for your assistance to handle this important and
confidential business believing that you will never let me down either now or
in future. Because it is highly confidential and secret.

I am MR.TAFA BALOGUN, the FORMER INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE IN NIGERIA

There was an account opened in this bank in 2002 and since year 2002 nobody has
Operated in this account again. Due to the resent probing in my office, some fund which I deposited in my country and Swiss account has been confiscated, and I was now in house arrest. I am seeking your assistance in transferring the $28.5M (twenty eight million five hundred thousand united state dollars), which was deposited in Netherlands in the name of my second son, I have every vital documents required to release the fund to you. All I have to do is to instruct my attorney and he will change all the paper work to your name.

Note that due to the confidentiality of this truncation and the present condition of my self all my call are being monitored and as a result of this it is not advisable to take calls from anybody but is it is very necessary, I can call you.

I am ready give you the 40% of the total sum if only you can assist me to get this fund from the security company.

I wait your urgent reply

Regards

TAFA BALOGUN
tafabalogun1@i12.com

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