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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: alhajinasara1@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:56:56 +0200
Subject: project

ATTN: Dear

I am ALHAJI NASARA AHMED. ,a staff of a Bank.I am writing following an
oppurtunity
in my office that will be of imense benefit to both of us. In my
department
we discovered an abandoned sum of 23million British Pounds Sterling
(Twenty Three Million British Pounds Sterling)
in an account that belong to one of our foreign customers,former
Guinea-
Bissau army chief killed (General Verissimo Correia Seabre)IRefer you
to
this website for its
detail(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3720218.stm)
Now the bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for
the
claim but nobody has done that.

I personally know that no-one will come because the only once that
knows
of this where killed along side with him and being his finacial
advicer,i
know all about this deposit.He agreed with the bank that he or the
foreign
partner will come for the transfer of the funds on a later date.I seek
your
consent to present you as the foreign partner to the deceased so that
the
proceeds of this account can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or
shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you..


I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim
we may make. All I require is your honest Co-operation,Confidentiality
and
Trust to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that
this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from
any breach of the law. Please, provide me the following:


1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.Note
that
your delay in reply will give me room to source for another individual
for
the same purpose.

Best regards

Alhaji Nasara Ahmed.

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