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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: "nicolas adams" <nicolas13pm@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:52:40 +0000
Subject: treat urgent

From: MR Nicolas Adams.

Sir,
My name is MR Nicolas Adams., am a financial consultant based in london.
l have a client (a widow)she has $7.500,000USD
with a private equity investment trust company for safekeeping.
And she is willing to offer you 20% of the total if you can assist her
transfer this fund to your country or any bank of your wish.
My client is in need of your kind assistance to allow her place part of
her fund in your BANK ACCOUNT WHILE YOU WILL HELP HER TO
BUY A HOUSE IN YOUR COUNTRY AS SHE WANTS TO RELOCATE WHITH HER FAMILY FOR
SECURITY REASONS.SHE LOST HER HUSBAND THROUGH ASSASINATION,SHE SAID SHE IS
NOT SAFE WITH HER CHILDERN RIGHT NOW AS NEEDS TO MOVE OUT VERY FAST,JUST
HELP HER TO BUY A HOUSE SO THAT
SHE AND HER FAMILY CAN PROCEED VEREY FAST TO YOUR COUNTRY.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE KIND OF HELP SHE NEEDS RIGHT NOW, AN URGENT
ASSISSTANCE FROM YOUR GOOD PERSONALITY,HAVING GATHERED GOOD INFORMATIONS
ABOUT YOUR GOOD SELF, I SICERELY AND STRONLGY BELIEVE YOU WILL HELP TO SAFE
THIS FAMILY FROM THE HANDS OF THE WICKED PEOPLE THAT ARE AFTER THEM.
I would like to aks you this question: can we trust you with this money if
transfered to your care?.
You can contact me for more details via my e-mail
address with your responds, And God bless you.
Yours faithfully,
MR Nicolas Adams.
(ALTERNATIVELY, PLEASE MAIL ME ON Email: nicolas_ibeh@hotmail.com)

N:B The fund is free from drug and laundering related
offences and this transaction need utmost
confidentiality

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