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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: "ALENJ JONES" <alenjones1@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:58:22 +0200
Subject: KIND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE



The Presonal Assistance to
FORMAL President Charles Taylor
Of Liberia
Email:equip38@yahoo.com

Dear Sir/Ma,

Top of the day to you my friend. It may astonish You to be informally contacted for a pending transaction of this magnitude more especially since you do not know me personally.The purpose of my introduction is to bring to bear my present position and the
very need for true and solicited help with regards the transaction at hand.

I am Barrister Barrister Alen Jones the Personal assistant to Charles Taylor,the formal President of Liberia. He has recently stepped down from power and is presently in asylum in Nigeria,Well dear friend we need your assistance in transferring some of t
he money derived from gold excesses into your account,because the government is making plans to seize all his assets have been
mandated to deal with anyone who offer assistance to have this funds transferred to his account oversea.

View these websites:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/08/11/liberia.1300/index.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2963086.stm

The amount is USD$250 Million American Dollars, in a Security firm Abroad.All that is needed is for me to instruct the company to transfer the funds to your account,I will remunerate you with 20% of the total funds transferred to your vital bank account
as compensation for your assistance, 10% percent would be set aside to take care of all expenses we may incure during the transaction.

To indicate your interest, kindly provide me your direct phone and fax numbers and all relevant information for me to be contacted you and to let you know the roles you will play in making this transaction successful,All the legal information concerning
this Money will be sent to you as soon as we agree together.

we all have been confined only to Nigeria and So I will use all available contact to get you all
the needed information,If this proposal satisfies you, please contact me by this Direct email:alenjones1@zwallet.com immediately with your Full Nnames, telephone numbers and fax numbers to enable an immediate contact be as I have advised above.If you are
capable to assist us in this transactions Please Reply me in this Direct email:equip38@yahoo.com

Lastly,these funds will be transfer in to your Bank Account in 5 intellmetal stages to forstall any international withheld,Thanks for your cooperation.

Best Regards.
Barrister Alen Jones

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