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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: dammy jones <dammyjones2005@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 15:39:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 26,000.000.00 USD)


{URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL}
(RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 26,000.000.00 USD}
(TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS)

Attn:Jansen

Having seen your contact from the Nigerian Chambers of commerce i decide to send you these business proposal of mine.
I am DAMMY JONES,the Auditor General of FIDELITY AND TRUST BANK in Nigeria, during the course of our auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1995 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again, after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died in the TSUNAMI disaster without a [heir] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. the owner of this account is Mr. Frankline Anderson, is a foreigner, and a sailor, no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that Frankline Anderson Sullivan until his death was the manager Sullivan Coy.(pty). SA.

I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never toil with me in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am contacting for this business,The amount involved is (USD 26M)Twenty Six million United States Dollars, the management of the bank is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information concerning this claim, which I will give to you, upon your positive response.

Be informed that this fund can be transferred to any foreigner's reliable account which you will provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. The bank lawyer who is working hand in hand with me will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.

However, you will indicate your readiness in this transaction, by sending your private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the transfer.
I will furnish you with my international pasport in order to satisfy your curiousity in this transaction.

NOTE:At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring.

I look forward to hear from you soon through this my private e-mail,(dammyjones2005@yahoo.com )
and I promise you that by the time we finish with transaction our frienship shall grow to a convenant.

May God bless you.

Dr DAMMY JONES.











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