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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: "Roman Bonzon" <km_td147@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 17:18:19 +0000
Subject: Letter

Dear Sir

PARTNERSHIP/FINANCIAL AND MUTUAL BENEFIT

My name is Dr. Martin Korofo of the telex and computer department of the
central bank of Nigeria. I am sending this private mail based on the
confidential nature of the transaction. Please I will like to advise that if
after going through my submission and you do not interested, kindly keep it
to yourself.

There is an urgent need for you to assist/help to remit the sum $14.7
million dollars into your bank account. My colleagues and I have succeeded
in transferring this fund [USD$14.7 million] into an Escrow account which
requires your urgent and sincere involvement in pulling it to your bank
account as the final designation where we can disburse the money according
to the agreed sharing ratio. You have nothing to worry about involvement in
this transaction, because we have succeeded in doing the needful. We only
need you to urgently open an online bank account according to our directives
and advise so that the fund in the Escrow account will be transferred into
this online bank account, which you can re-transfer to your designated bank
account and I will fly down immediately to collect our own share
accordingly.
Requirement:

Your full name and address, banking information, telephone and fax number
for direct and easy communication. And your reply must be forwarded to this
email address only: dm_td001@yahoo.com.

This information is urgently needed to prepare your C.R.F Clean/Clear Report
of Payment Source and Fund Movement/Credit Cover. This is usually required
to enable the receiving dollar terminal to accept the transfer for onward
remittance into the beneficiary’s account (your bank account) and the A.T.N
[Authority to Negotiate the Payment Claims] by you, as the authentic and
eligible beneficiary of fund.

As soon as I receive your positive response, indicating your interest in
this transaction, I will fully give you the history of the fund.

Thanks for your understand and cooperation.

Best regards;

Dr. Martin Korofo.

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