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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: "steven mark" <stevenmark111@msn.com>
Reply-To: rapheal_felix20@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:33:33 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Mr. Edward Oxford
Protocol Officer
Elstree Way Borehamwood
Hertfordshire WD6 1GA,London,
United Kingdom

ATTN:SIR

RE: REPATRIATION OF $30.5M

Following the approvals received by this office recommending for the
immediate repatriation of the above referenced fund and having been listed
in category "A" foreign creditors, you are by this notice informed that your
assistance is required in receiving the approved fund floating in an
offshore Payments Account in London.This is as result of grossly over
invoiced contracts which were executed by a (Deceased) national of your
country on the Oil Refineries in Saudi Arabia.

This contract was deliberately over invoiced to the tune of US$30.5m Million
Dollars.This was a deal by my committee to benefit from the project. I have
therefore been mandated as a matter of trust to look for a foreign partner
into whose account we could transfer the sum of USD30,500,000.00 (Thirt
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Us Dollars Only). We have
agreed to sharethe funds thus: 60% for us and 40% for account owner (you).If
you are interested,please forward the following information bellow to this
email address.

(1) Your Name/company's name and full address.
(2) Your banker's name, address, telephone and fax numbers
(3) Your contact Tel/Fax NO

Upon the receipt of the above details,Payment will be activated by the
feeding of your data into the payment system, followed by a signal that will
be sent to the paying bank to remit funds into your nominated bank acount
within 7 official working days of receipt of the above information.

Your swift response will be highly appreciated.


Sincerely Yours.

Mr. Edward Oxford
Protocol Officer
Elstree Way Borehamwood
Hertfordshire WD6 1GA,London,
United Kingdom

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