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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: "Peterson Okafor" <peterson00116@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:36:21 +0000
Subject: Confidential

Dear Sir
My name is Mr. Peterson Okafor. I hail from the 20
refineryRoad.Eleme oil state-Nigeria, 41 years, married
with three children. I am the Diretor of Global Security &
Finance Services Limited, Nigeria. I got the information
I have been working with this company for over fifteen
years. Within this period, I have watched with meticulous
precision how African Heads of State and Government
functionaries have been using Global Security & Finance Ltd
to move sums of money USD, Pounds Sterling, French Francs
(cash) to their foreign partners.
They bring in these consignments of cash and secretly
declare the contents as jewelries, gold, diamonds, prec! ious
stones, family treasures, and documents etc. Mobutu Sese
Seko of Zaire (dead), Gen. Sanni Abacha of Nigeria
(dead),Fode Sank oy of Sierra Leone, Babangida of Nigeria,
Felix Houphet Boignyof Cote d"Ivoire (dead), Kanan Bedie of
Cote d"Ivoire (Abidjan)etc. All these people have many
consignments deposited with my office.
Their foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming most
of these consignments. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for
as much as eight years. Nobody will ever come for them because
in most cases, the Certificate of Deposit are never available to
anybody except the depositors or me since most of them are dead. I
have through the instrumentality of Global Security & Finance
re-deposited all these unclaimed and overstayed consignment into
the Vault Facility of a reputable Security Company in Europe.
Since the inception of the year
2000, our company's management has changed the ! procedure of
claims of these consignment, as soon as you! are abl e to produce
the secreet informationas contained in the secret file of any
consignment, it will be released to you upon demand. I have
finalized every arrangement for you to claim one of the
consignment No. 1401, 1402 containing $21.7 Million.
I will supply you with all the information and documents
that will
facilitate your easy claim of the consignment. Upon your
positive reply of this letter, I will furnish you with
further details and information
regarding to the modus operandi for the execution of the
transaction.
This business is risk free as I have taken necessary preventive
measures. (The mode of sharing will be 50-50), you can reach me by
email and I will direct you on what to do and also l like like you to
furnish me with your full name and your confidential phone
and fax number(s). Upon your positive consideration and reply of
this letter I shall give you a confidential telephone number with
whichwe can discuss the execution of the business. Expedite
action.you can also reply on,poromise20002005@yahoo.com,
Yours faithfully,
Peterson Okafor

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