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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: "ATTORNEY KENNEDY & ASSOCIATES ." <att_kennedy@williamschambersoflaw.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:10:50 +0000
Subject: I am Barrister Kennedy Ihems

Good day,

My name is Barrister Kennedy Ihems.
I am currently accommodating a girl by the name Anita,
who lost both parents in an auto-crash on the 27th of
august 2005 in the northern region of our country
Nigeria.

Her father was a prominent traditional chief in his
area. He died without a son to succeed him.
Anita the only child of his father and according to
traditions is forbidden from inheriting the wealth of
her father simply because she is not a male and cannot
succeed him.
She was left in the cruel hands of her greedy and
wicked uncles who deprived her of her inheritance and
threw her out of the house.

Anita being a smart girl was able to secure deposit
documents of the sum of ($1.8,000,000 U S DOLLARS)
that her uncles knew not about.
We need your help to concurring and accepting our
request to send the funds out abroad to your accout
before her uncles gets to know about it.

Is rest assured that you will be duly compensated,
once it is secured through you. You will part with 25%
of the total funds.
All we need to know is if you can be trusted and your
assurance to us that you can handle it.
Once it is done, she will be traveling to share the
total funds with you.

If you are willing to help us, please E mail me
immediately.
So I can enlighten you more as regarding to the funds.


Best Regards.

Barrister Kennedy Ihems.


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