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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: "abacha mohammed" <abachamohammed77@msn.com>
Reply-To: abaa_cha@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:40:59 +0000
Subject: please come to my Aid

Dear Sir/Ma,
Compliments of the Season to you. Considering the fact that we have not met
before,You may consider this letter as a surprise. I am seeking for someone
that will assist me with a business that has to do with my family estate
which my late father left behind for us.i am contacting you base on the fact
that i want someone that is not known to my family to assist me in this
business and this is for security reasons. I am the son of the Late General
Sanni Abacha, the late Military Head of State of Nigeria.

I got your contact over the internet in my search for assistance.I do not
want anybody known to me or my family to be associated with this money. I
want you to note that this business will benefit both of us.

I am seeking for your assistance in my desire to secure the sum of
Twenty-Seven Million United States Dollars (US$27,000,000.00) and also to
front for my family in the areas of business you consider profitable. This
Boxes containing the funds have secretly been concealed and deposited with a
Diplomatic Security firm through Diplmatic means where it can easily be
taken delivery of by a recommended beneficiary. The Boxes containing the
funds were shipped as diplomatic items of high values and will be released
to you by the Security firm based on my recommendations on that note; you
will be presented as My partner who will be fronting for me and my family in
any subsequent ventures.

We as a family have decided to offer you 10% of the total fund for your
assistance if you are able to help us claim the boxes, 5% for any expenses
that may be incured during this transaction, and the remaining 85% for my
family.If you want to proceed this transaction send to me your identity such
as your

1.full permanent house address.
2.internationalpassport.
3.state of origin.
4.telephone number including fax number.

Please, I need your entire support and co-operation for the success of this
business ventures, your utmost confidentiality and secrecy is highly
required due to my family's present predicament. Please indicate your
interest to enable us proceed.
Regards,
Mohammed Abacha

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