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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: "Tunde Johnson" <tunde_johnson200@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: t4johnson3@tlen.pl
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:30:49 -0400
Subject: HELLO

Attention Please,

Your name and e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by our
law firm, (TUNDE & Co Chambers,) in Lagos,Nigeria. i am Barrister TUNDE
JOHNSON ,the Legal Adviser and counsel to [Dahlig Mitchell] a deceased
expatriate contractor who used to work with Zenith Oil and Gas Company here
in nigeria thereafter shall be referred as my late client.

On the August 6, 1997, my client died in a plane crash. You will read more
stories about the crash .
this website: a plane crash [Korean Air Flight 801]. For your verification
you can visit: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/ Since
the demise of my client,we personally has watched with keen interest to see
his next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his
funds deposit of US$10.5 m, [Ten million five hundred thousand united states
dollars] which was deposited by my late client with a Finance Company here
in nigeria.He was a well known philanthropist before he died, he made a Will
stating that $10.5m (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand USA Dollars Only)
should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice overseas.We have made
a random draw where your name and e-mail address was picked as the
beneficiary to this Will.

I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank,
because they have issued a notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary
of this Will within two weeks or else the money will be
credited to the Government treasury as per law here.
It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client in your
favour and therefore, you are required to contact me
immediately to start the process of sending this money to any or your
designated official account.I urge you to contact me immediately for further
details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit.Please act
fast and contact me via email

Regards,

TUNDE JOHNSON [ESQ]

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