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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: "Ibrahim Sanni" <bgroupintl@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibrahim_san@sify.com
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:01:59 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend...........


Dear Friend,
I write to you to discuss about a business transaction which i know will be
favourable to both parties.

I am Mr. Ibrahim sanni the personal secretary to the late Mr. John Deka the
managing director to ACB BANK PLC NIGERIA who was involved in the 23rd of
october 2005 plane crash. You can visit this websites
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/nigeria.plane/ for more
informations on the crash.

Three weeks before his death,he deposited an amount of 14.5million USD in a
security company abroad which he proposed to use in a private venture. As a
result of this, i was the only person he told about the deposit and he also
gave me all the documents including the deposit certificate as he wanted the
venture to be a secret.

Now that he is dead, i need a foriegner who can help me secure the money
over there with my guidelines as i can`t have access to the money due to my
low profile.

I want to present you as the beneficiary of the funds so that you will have
it from the security company abroad and at the end i will come over to meet
with you for the proper sharing between the two of us.

Please, i need this to remain confidential as i don`t want a third party
involved.
I look forward to hearing from you.


Sincerely,

Ibrahim Sanni

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