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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: "Val Thompson" <val_tom181@msn.com>
Reply-To: valtomp080@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:51:09 +0000
Subject: PLEASE NOTE "GET BACK TO ME TODAY"

From The Desk Of:
Val Thompson
Head, Payment Approval Processing Unit
Gabon Oil & Gas Corporation
(Offshore Payment Processing Unit)
Tudor House, St Matthews Rd, Southerwood
LONDON-UNITED KINGDOM
Direct Tel/Fax No:+447092843577

My name is Mr. Val Thompson, an attorney and economist by training. I am the
Head of The Offshore Payment Approval Processing Unit of The Gabon Oil and
Gas Corporation. We are based in London-Uk as an offhsore office of our
Corporation/establishment to process payment approval for the effective
payment of contract payment/funds to successfully contractors of our
corporation.

I wish to solicit your support in an urgent transaction which involves the
transfer/release of the sum of USD18.5M (Eighteen Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United State of America Dollars) only. I have
already started this with my partner but we got to a point we need
assistance from outside (someone) who can help to complete this transaction.

Worthy of note is that this transaction is confidential and 100% risks free
as we are insiders involved and we have concluded every necessary
arrangement and logistics to ensure the smooth and successful release of the
fund to you under a perfect and legitimate arrangement that will protect you
and us from any bridge of the law.

All that is required from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see
this transaction through as every necessary arrangement has been mapped out
to ensure the successful release of the fund to you. For your assistance,
30% of the total fund will be yours.

Please get in touch with me by my e-mail or fax as given above to enable us
discuss further.

I look forward to your urgent response.

Best regards,
Val Thompson



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