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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: "MAJORFRANK WILLIAMS" <frankwilliams@majorfrankwilliams.org>
Reply-To: majorfrankwilliams1@o2.pl
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 22:33:51 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP

From: Major Frank S. Williams
Email: majorwilliams500@yahoo.co.uk

I NEED YOUR HELP

Sir,

I am Major Frank S. Williams, a senior security officer under Charles
Taylor, former Liberian President.

Having got great affection and absolute appreciation for your human and
personality, I wish to contact you for absolute help to safeguard and bank
this sum of $157m (One Hundred and Fifty Seven Million Dollars) into your
account for me, preferably we can split the sum into three bank accounts if
your account will not accommodate all the sum. Presently this money is in
the Barclays bank Vault.

I am a senior security officer in charge of arms and ammunition of Charles
Taylor troops. I and two officers were assigned to purchase arms and
ammunition in France, on getting to Ghana, we heard a news that U.S.A.
government had giving an ultimatum for our president Charles Taylor to leave
the country to Nigeria for a political asylum with immediate effect.

Perhaps, we saw this as a golden opportunities to divert the funds $471m for
our personal usage, then the funds were shared among us $157m each.

The arrangement of sharing this money with my groups is as a result of
helping ourselves and family since our president has been sent out by U.S
government on political asylum in Nigeria. The future of my family depends
on this fund and as such I will be very grateful if you can assist me to
bank this fund.

Note: I don't want the leadership of President Charles Taylor to have idea
of where I am and the fund. When this fund is cleared and banked in your
nominated account, my confident will meet with you to establish an
investment with your assistance on my family behalf, until I am out of my
travail.

For your reward and expected services, 25% will be for you, while 75% will
be for my family investment.

For now, communicate with me through my email addresses;

majorwilliams500@yahoo.co.uk
May happy days & a fair future awaits you as you deserve.

Thanks

Major Frank S. Williams


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