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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: "Charles Dido" <charlesdido@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:32:27 +0000
Subject: URGENT FUND TRANSFER

Sir,

I am MR.CHARLES ALAMIEYESEIGHA. I am the son of GOVONOUR of BAYELSA STATE
IN NIGERIA.Some months ago, this YEAR, my father was arrested in LONDON by
the LONDON METHROPOLITAN POLICE for money laundering.My father MR.
D.S.P.ALAMIEYESEIGHA was accussed of embezzling the <The sum of FOURTY FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS>.

Since my father"s arrest i have been able to set aside the sum of nine
million dollars.This money is meant to be used to cater for the warfare of
the family and for business investment purposes abroad.

The problem am having now is how to take the money<$9million dollars>out of
AFRICA.because presently the money have been transfered to ACCRA,GHANA.

Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients this
has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts to
locate any of my foriegn clients hence I contacted you. I am contacting you
to assist in transfering this said amount of money out of Africa,by
providing me an account that can carry this said amount of money,because as
a civil servant in my country it is against my country's civil service code
of conduct for some one who is a civil servant to own or operate a foreign
account abroad while he or she is still serving the government. I need your
urgent assisstance before the money gets confisicated where it is presently
being lodged.

Particularly, the finance company where the money is lodged in ACCRA,GHANA
had issued me a notice to provide his next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of my client I seek your
consent to present you as the owner of the money,so that the proceeds of
this amount including valuables and cash valued at us$9 Million will be paid
to you and then you and I can share the money. 60% to me and 30% to youfor
providing me a valid account and 10% will be used to offset any expenses
that might come up in the process of the transaction.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 to enable us conclude this deal.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by
my PRIVATE line 2348029421913.Contact me immediately so that we can discuss
further about this issue.
I await your urgent response.

Your's Sincerly.

Charles Alamieyeseigha.

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