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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: "James Walker" <james_walker2000@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:06:51 +0000
Subject: ESTATAE AGENT

ATTN: SIR

ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATE

I write to inform of my desire to acquire estates or landed properties in
your country on behalf of the Director of Contract and Finance Allocations
of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria.

Considering his very strategic and influential position, he wants the
transaction to be strictly
confidential as possible. He further wants his identity to remain
undisclosed at least for now, until the completion of transaction. Hence,
our desire to have an overseas agent.

I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as our
overseas agent in order to actualise this transaction. The deal in brief is
that the funds with which we intend to carry out our proposed investments in
your country is presently in a coded account at the Nigeria Apex bank
(Central Bank of Nigeria) and we need your assistance to transfer the funds
to your country in a convenient bank account that will be provided by you
before we can put the funds into use in your country.

For this, you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the
Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria for which payment should be
effected to you by Ministry, The contract sum of which shall run into
US$28.5Million (Twenty Eight Million, Five Hundred Dollars) of which your
share shall be 20% if you agree to be our overseas agent.

As soon as payment is effected, and the amount mentioned above is
successfully transferred into your account, we intend to use our own share
in acquiring some estates and setting up trust accounts abroad. For this too
you shall also serve as our agent.

In the light of this, I would like you to forward to me the following
information's:
1 Your company name and address if any.
2. Your personal fax number.
3. Your personal telephone number for easy communication.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal through
this email address: george5_wilson@yahoo.ie .

After which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this
transaction through.
Your quick response will be highly appreciated. Thank you in anticipation of
your cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

DR GEORGE WILSON.

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