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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: "TONY MAROKO" <tony_maroko90@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:40:44 +0000
Subject: Partnership

Hello
Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and
may offend your personality for contacting you without your prior
consent and writing through this channel.I got your contact from a
proffesional database found in internet while searching for a reliable and
honest person that will be an annointed steward in a vision very dear to me.

I am Dr.Tony Maroko a personal treasurer to Mr.Tafa Balogun former
Nigeria inspector-General of Police. I have an amount in an excess of
US$100.5M, which I seek your Partnership and trust in accommodating for
me.You will be rewarded with 20% of The total sum for your partnership.
Can you be my partner on this?
INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF:
As a personal treasurer to him, authority was handed over to me for the
safe keeping of money of an American oil merchant for his last oil deal
with my boss Mr.Tafa Balogun. Already the funds have left the shore of
Nigeria and now deposited in a private security company in Europe.The
funds is inside a trunk box and nobody knew the real content of the box
apart from me and my boss, the box was deposited as Photographic
Materials and valuables. While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested
for money laundering, theft of police funds, invested stolen funds in blue
chip firms, banks and owned several accounts where huge sums of looted
monies were lodged in fictitious names. You can catch more of the story
on This website:

YOUR ROLE:
All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the Above quoted
Sum and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will enable
the security company in Europe release the box to you. I have decided to
use this Sum to relocate to your country for investment purpose and
never to be connected to Mr.Tafa Balogun again. The transaction has to be
Concluded in 2 week. As Soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude
the transaction with me, I will provide you with the details.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Dr. Tony Maroko

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