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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: "wole ayo" <woleayo2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: woleayopatrick3@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:04:46 -0700
Subject: GOOD DAY

ATTN.THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

Sir,


RE-BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.


I am Mr. Wole. Patrick.born 56yrs ago, worked and retired from the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporations (NNPC) one year ago. Before my retirement I
worked directly with the former Group Managing Director as his personal
assistance (PA) on Contract Award Department.


My reason for communicating you is to ask for your assistance to help and
receive and invest on my behalf the sum of USD$48.6Million (Forty Eight
Point Six Million U.S Dollars ) only in oil industry oversea. The fund was
realized from the contract we awarded during our tenure in the office and
currently deposited with (Global Bank PLC) in one of the cities in West
Africa as family treasure.


I must confess that this deal is 100% risk free as all arrangement have been
properly reached with the Director of the International Operations
Department of the Bank to have the fund released to any one I should front
as the final receiver/beneficiary of the deposit as since after my
retirement from the office, I have been having hard time as I am among those
that the government of the day has their traveling documents seized, bank
accounts frozen and currently facing trial for what we know nothing about.


I will appreciate if you can consider and assist me with this request in
other for the rest of my family to leave even after my life. I will let you
have 25% of the total sum for time and support while the 75% will be
invested to my favor in Oil Industry.


Looking forward reading/hearing from you urgently via email box

with your contact details such as Tel, Fax and current mailing Address.


Best Regards.


Mr. Wole . Patrick.


Note: Please all about this deal shall remain confidential.

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