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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: "Kuta Ibrahim" <kutaibrahim1956@msn.com>
Reply-To: marvelous20072007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:17:29 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND

I am Senator Kuta Ibrahim from presently serving
at the federal level in government and I wouldn't want
what happen to the a Governor in London U.K to happen to
me, the fact remains there is no politician here in
Nigeria that is not trying to keep money outside
Nigeria in a foreign account for safe keeping against
the next coming election in 2007. So I got your
contact and after due diligence about your profile, I
am contacting you to assist in investing some of my
funds through you in your country. I have the funds
already in Europe and I have contact the funds manager
about you that you are going to be the only
beneficiary to this funds. But we both have to agree
to the MOU which I will forward to you as soon as I
receive your response and willingness to assist to
conclude this deal. The first amount is in the MOU and
I will work with you if the first deal go through.
this deal is highly secured and guaranteed.
Chief diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa(copy and
paste this in google.com to check what happen to the
governor of a state in london.)
http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=5291&z=10
http://www.onlinenigeria.com/news/
http://allafrica.com/stories/200509170015.html
http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/cover/september05/20092005/f220092005.html

I wait to hear from you soon, then I will forward you
the details.
Regards,
Senator Kuta Ibrahim

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