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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: b_ishaya@terra.com.mx
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 05:02:53 -0700
Subject: Dear Confidant,

Dear Confidant,

With a deep sense of honesty and having

regards for relationship, i want
to crave your indulgence and assistance.

I am Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi(Rtd). I was the

minister for National Drug Law & Enforcement

Agency(NDLEA) in the military regim of the

late Gen. Sani Abacha, which ended on June

8th, 1998 in Nigeria

If you are very current with CNN & BBC you

must have heard that the swizbank has promised

to refund all the monies deposited into the

bank by all Nigeria's former military chiefs,

of which i am one. My luck is that i have a

close confidant in the bank who allerted me

about the move before the announcement
was made in February, 2005.

With this information, i had to hurriedly move

my funds which amounts to $28,600,000(Twenty

Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand) that i

had with the bank out immediately through a

diplomatic mean. This is to ensure the
safety of the fund.

But when the Nigeria government heard that i

have moved my money out of Swizbank, they

invited me for questioning and interrogation

and i told them that i do not know anything

about the funds. But then my international
documents were siezed to stop me from

travelling out to effect the transfer of the
money into an account oversea.

And since they are still investigating the

matter, i need a genuine and honest person who

can represent me and clear the money on my

behalf and we share the money in the % that we

shall both agree upon. If are interested,
i will want this transaction done and

completed within the shortest posible
time.

I know that this might be difficult for you to

believe since there are alot of scam mails out

there. well, i must tell you that this one is

real and true. you can ask questions about the

news and if you honestly are interested,i will

provide you with the necessary documents to

the money and the company in possesion of the

money right now. But that will be after we

have entered into an agreement on the

modalities of the Memorandum Of

Understanding(MOU).

I want you to give this a trial and if you see

it is not real, then you can back out.

Awaiting your response as soon as posible.

Regards.

Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi(Rtd).

Please, SEND YOUR REPLY TO:

b_ishaya@excite.com











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