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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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• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Rose Adams" <mrsroseadams8@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:56:29 +0000
Subject: URGENT HELP

Good Day My Friend,

I am Rose WIFE to Mr.Adams Aku the late Nigerian Minister of Sports and
Youth Development. My husband died in a plane crash in 2003. and things has
not been easy with me and my children. On 21 Nov 2004 one of the personal
attorney to my late husband HENRY OKOCHI ESQ informed me of a WILL my
husband made and which is ready for execution, in the WILL it was discovered
that my husband has 1 child from another woman thereby complicating the
execution of the WILL. The attorney confirm that myself and my 3 children
was a cash of $9,500,000.00 presently held with a Nigerian bank.The child
from the other woman was not given any estate but had a cash WILL of
$12,000,000.00. This i look as a cheat and is presently giving me concern,i
tried to stop the execution of the WILL but the attorney insisted that the
WILL must be executed as made.

I am contacting you with the beleive that you will be able to assist me in
my present predicament because i want to have legal dispute with the child
from the other woman but the attorney has advise me to receive my share of
the WILL before i can start any dispute that he will assist me but for his
job ethics he want me to transfer my WILL $9,500,000,00 outside Nigeria
before the account holding the funds can be freeze up. On my own i want you
to assist me with this been an American I believed you will be reliable and
trustworthy person to receive the $9,500,000.00 on my behalf . and i am
willing to give 20% of the money .

Please if you are ready to assist me forward to me your address, telephone
no,fax no and bank information for me to give you more details. On the exact
role which is required of you for the successfully conclusion of this
transaction's I look forward to your earliest response, Please I need your
help and Ibelieve with your help my life and that of my family will be
safe.Make
sure you respond back to this email address below.

mrsroseadams@walla.com

Madam Rose Adams

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