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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: "MARYAM ABACHA" <mrsabacha5m@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs_abacha5m@yahoo.com.my
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 05:27:10 -0800
Subject: Your kind attention

MRS.MARYIAM ABACHA
COURT GIDADO ROAD
KANO - NIGERIA

Your kind attention please

I am Mrs.Maryiam Abacha, wife of the late General Sani Abacha,ex-military
Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who died on the 8th of June
1998 of heart problems. I contacted you because of my need to deal with
person/persons who my family and I have had no previous
personal Relationship.

Since the death of my husband, my family had been subjected to all sorts of
harrassment and intimidation with lots of negative reports emanating from
the government and the press about my husband. The present Government has
also ensured that our bank accounts are frozen and all assests siezed.

It is in view of this that I seek your co-operation and assistance in the
transfer of the sum of Thirty Million U.S Dollars only (US$300million
Only)being the very last of my family fund in my possession and control.The
Federal Government have seized all our properties and frozen all our
accounts both local and international, but my only hope now is the available
US$30 million cash, which I carefully packaged and deposited with a security
finance company in Abroad. My purpose of contacting you is for someone who
after transfering the funds,will be able to invest the funds on my behalf
till such a time when I will be free from my present predicament. Your
benefit I can assure you will be very substantial.

PLEASE VISIT THESE WEB SITES FOR MORE INFORMATION:

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_909000/909972.stm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_877000/877113.stm>

Please ensure to keep this proposal very secret and confidential for obvious
reasons and send to us your private telephone and fax numbers for easy and
confidential communication. I await your kind response to my mail to my
personal email address (mrs_abacha5m@surfy.net).

Thank and God bless you mightly Sincerely yours,

MRS.MARYIAM ABACHA

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