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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: "Salam Mohammed" <salam@handbag.com>
Reply-To: salam.mohammed@inbox.com
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:42:27 +0100
Subject: RE PLEASE VERY URGENT

Sir/Madam
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction. This
is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret.
I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person
to handle this confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a
huge sum of money. I am the Attorney to Mohammed Abacha whose father, Lt.Gen.
Sani Abacha died sometime in 1998 in mysterious circumstance as the President
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. My client who is still in detention for
fraudulent activities, which he committed during his fathers reign desperately,
needs a foreign partner into whose account he will transfer the sum of $32m
USD (Thirty-two million united states dollars). This money is safely deposited
in a security company here in Lagos before his detention. My client whose
family properties have been seized and bank accounts frozen by the present
Civilian Government cannot afford to loose this money, which he hopes to
start a new life whenever he is released from detention.

We have agreed to offer you 30% of the whole money, 60% for us and 10% for
any eventual expenses. There is no risk involved in this transaction. Every
arrangement has been concluded with the security
company that as soon as you give me your positive response to this request
through my private email address salam.mohammed@inbox.com, the money will
be moved out of the country within 3-5 days.
Waiting to hear from you. Please reply to salam.mohammed@inbox.com
BARRISTER SALAM MOHAMMED

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