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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: "Steve Hawa" <stevehawa@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:12:48 -0500
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE

I NEED YOUR IMMIDIATE RESPONSE.
INVESTMENT,
You may be surprisedtoreceive my letter, however, I have decided to
contact youforconfidential, Urgent and rewarding joint business.
My name isSTEVEHAWA(MR.)
, I was a Personal Assistant to the Late Congopresident,LAURENT
KABILA,who was assasinated in February 2001 and myaim ofwriting to
you is because of the need for a trusted and honestperson,who I can
entrust the sum of US$18,800,000(Eighteen million),eighteenthousand
US dollars).

Source of the money: I and the latepresidentsecured this money in a
security firm in Ghana, in my namebefore hisdeath. Now that he is
late, I want to transfer the money outof Africa,for investment in
your country, I can not travel out ofNigeria where Iam on asylum,
hence I am asking for your assistance tohave thismoney in your care
pending when I will secure travel documentsto comeover to your
country.

If you accept this offer we shall sharethemoney as follows: for
you,20%, 80% for me. I have all thetitledocuments to the fund which
I can transfer to you to enable youhaveassess to it. Be assured that
is risk-free and legitimate.Pleaseadvise me on your position by e-
mail Immediately, indicatingyourphone and fax numbers.Your quick
response will behighlyappreciated.
Reply at my privateemailaddress;stevehawa@yahoo.com;
Regards.
STEVE HAWA(MR.)

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