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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: "Mrs Mariam Abacha" <abacha_help@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: abacha_million@myway.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:04:06 -0700
Subject: URGENT INFORMATION:

Dear Friend,

I am Mrs. Mariam. Abacha, the widow of General Sani Abacha the Late Nigerian
Head of State.
I am presently in distress and under house arrest while my son Mohammed is
undergoing trial in Lagos and Abuja though he has just been recently granted
bail under the condition that my family refunds to the Federal Government
some amount of money.Check out this site for more
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm
http://www.nigerdeltacongress.com/karticles/looting_of_nigerian_treasury.htm
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/27/swiss.html
http://www.holysmoke.org/minton/mintonhz.htm

The government has frozen all the family account and auctioned all our properties.

To save the family from total bankruptcy I plan to Transfer through an Financial
Institution,the sum of US24, 000,000.00. secretly kept by my late husband.

The money was deposited with a security/Finance Institution.However,because
of the security Watch on me,i may not be able to carry out this Transaction
with you.Please contact my Son Abba Abacha on his e-mail address ( Abacha_million@myway.com
) my Son shall arrange with you,toward`s effective completion of this transaction.


Conclusively, we have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum while 70%
is to be held on trust by you until we decide on a suitable business investment
in your country subsequent to our free movement by the Nigerian Government.Endeavour
to send your phone and fax numbers for easy Communications. This project
is not risky.Contact my Son
Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Mariam Abacha(Dr.)


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