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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: "Mr. James Mbaka" <jamesmbaka@tiscali.ch>
Reply-To: mbaka1100@yahoo.co.in
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 04:51:31 -0700
Subject: FROM JAMES MBAKA

from Mr. James Mbaka
United Bank ForAfrica
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 James Mbakai the Adictor
In United Bank for Africa[UBA]. there is an account opened in this bank
in 1980 to this 2005nobody 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

James Mbaka

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