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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: "isong israel" <isong_isong@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:02:33 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear

FROM HAJIA MARYAM ABACHA
FORMER FIRST LADY,
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
2/8 GIDADO ROAD KANO NIGERIA,
WEST AFRICA.
EMAIL (marymcontact@yahoo.com)

Hello Dear,

I am Hajia Mariam Abacha, widow of the Late Gen. Sani Abacha former
Nigerian Military Head of State who died on june 8 1998 as a result of
cardiac arrest.I got your contact from a personal directory i found in
our study room,after the death of my husband.

I therefore decided to contact you in confidence so that I can be able
to move out the sum of Forty Eight million,US dollars ( $48,000,000.00)
which was carefully sealed in a big trunk box for security reasons. I
personally therefore appeal to you for your urgent assistance to move bthis
money into your country, through diplomatic means,where I believe it will
be safe since I cannot leave the country due to the restriction of
movement imposed on me and members of my family by the Nigerian b
government.

If you know my husband Gen abacha when he was alive,you will
discover that we worth over one billion dollars ,but the government of the
day has made us to start asking people to come to our aid pending when we
will have our freedom or the termination of this government.

However, arrangement has been put in place to move this money out of
then country were it is presently now to abroad through a diplomatic
security company to any country as soon as you indicate your interest.I
also want you to be assured that all necessary arrangement for a hitch-free
of this transaction has been concluded.

Conclusively, I have decided to offer you 20% of the total sum 5% will
be for whatever expenses that will be incurred, while 75% is to be used
in buying shares in companies in your country subsequent to our free
movement by the Nigerian government.

Please reply urgently and treat with absolute confidentiality and
sincerity.

Thanks for your understanding in this regard, as i look forward to your
kind response.

Best regards,

HAJIA Mariam.ABacha
PLEASE REPLY ME HERE (marymcontact@yahoo.com)

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