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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: "Steve Hawa" <stevehawa22@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:45:22 -1000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE

I NEED YOUR IMMIDIATE RESPONSE.

INVESTMENT,
You may be surprised to receive my letter, however, I have decided to
contact you for confidential, Urgent and rewarding joint business.
My name is Steve Hawa(MR.) I was a Personal Assistant to the Late Congo
president,LAURENT
KABILA,who was assasinated in February 2001 and myaim of writing to
you is because of the need for a trusted and honest person,who I can
entrust the sum of US$18,800,000(Eighteen million),eighteen hundred
US dollars).

Source of the money: I and the late president secured this money in a
security firm in Ghana, in my name before his death. Now that he is
late, I want to transfer the money outof Africa,for investment in
your country, I can not travel out of Nigeria where Iam on asylum,
hence I am asking for your assistance to have this money in your care
pending when I will secure travel documents to comeover to your
country.

If you accept this offer we shall share the money as follows: for
you,20%, 80% for me. I have all the title documents to the fund which
I can transfer to you to enable you have assess to it. Be assured that
is risk-free and legitimate.Pleaseadvise me on your position by e-
mail Immediately, indicating,

Your full names.........................................

Add.....................................................


Direct tel.and fax number...............................

Your age................................................

Your occupation.........................................

Your quick response will be highly appreciated
Reply at my private email address,stevehawakin@mail.nu

Regards.
Steve Hawa (Mr.)

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