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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: "Dr.Paul Wilson" <pwilson42@educ.ar>
Reply-To: paulewilson@myway.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 03:56:50 +0100
Subject: MY BEST REGARDS


DEAR FRIEND,

I BELIEVE THIS MAIL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW
ME IN PERSON. I AM DR PAUL WILSON, I WORK IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA,
PACKAGING AND COURIER DEPARTMENT. PLEASE DO NOT BE OFFENDED BY USING THIS
MEDIUM TO REACH YOU FOR A BUSINESS DEAL OF THIS MAGNITUDE, THIS IS DUE TO
THE URGENCY IT DEMANDS. BE SURE THAT THIS MONEY WAS NOT BY ANYWAY RELATED
TO DRUG OR TERRORIST MONEY.

I GOT YOUR CONTACT IN MY SEARCH FOR A HONEST PERSON THROUGH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES
HERE IN THE CBN WHO SAID THAT I CAN CONFIDE IN YOU. I WANT YOU TO HELP ME
CLEAR THIS PACKAGE THAT IS ALREADY IN LONDON WHICH I SHIPPED THROUGH OUR
CBN ACCREDITED COURIER AGENT BUT THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE IS $21,000,000.00
ALL IN $100.00 BILLS, BUT THE COURIER COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS MONEY
THAT I HAVE IN THE PACKAGE.

IN THE MEANTIME ALL I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS THIS, CONTACT THE DIPLOMATS,
GIVE THEM YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS WHERE THE CONSIGNMENT
WILL BE DELIVERED AND THEN GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT I
CAN GIVE YOU THE SHIPMENT DOCUMENT.

AND I HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WILL HAVE 30% AND 70% WILL BE
FOR ME. MY IDENTITY MUST NOT BE REVEALED TO ANYBODY. IF THIS ARRANGEMENT
IS OKAY BY YOU, YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL BELOW:
paulewilson@myway.com.

OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK TO ME INCLUDING
SENDING OF THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF THE BOXES. NOTE: ALL OUR COMMUNICATION
SHOULD BE STRICTLY THROUGH EMAIL FOR SECURITY REASONS.

YOURS TRUELY,
DR PAUL WILSON
MY PRIVATE EMAIL: paulewilson@myway.com

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