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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: "Ojo michael" <ojomichael4@msn.com>
Reply-To: ojomichael2@k.ro
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:03:01 +0000
Subject: SUBJECT: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL/URGENT REPLY NEEDED



Sir,

I am the personal assistant to the wife of the President of Nigeria Chief
Mrs. Stella who just died in a Spanish hospital on Saturday 22nd October
2005 She has been buried.

You may be surprised that I am writing you this letter even as my boss death
is still fresh in all living memories in Nigeria, but I have to do this
because if I don’t, some thing might go wrong with the documents and I will
regret in future why I did not act fast. So try to understand me. I feel
deeply distressed about her death but I must act fast now and face the fact.

On the 19th of October 2005,shortly before she left for Spain for sugary
last week, She gave me the sum of $6.5m cash which she instructed me to
Deposit with a bank in Lagos. In the name of a foreign national. This name
happens to correspond with yours. And since she has not collected the
documents from me before she traveled and died in Spain. I have the
documents with me. No one else has the information and I signed the deposit
slip. So I can Change it with the bank if the name presented to the bank
looks alike. I can easily claim it was a minor oversight.

Since I still have the documents and no one else knows about it. I want to
quickly use your name and particulars to replace the existing one with the
bank for the purpose of transferring the fund to your account immediately.

I will like to do this immediately if you are willing to co operate with me
.If u are interested, just respond to me immediately and I will give you the
details of how we can achieve this funds in your account in a couple of
days.

Nigeria is really morning the death of this noble woman and the death of 117
people in a plane crash the same day 22nd October 2005 Looking forward to
your immediate response.

Mr. Ojo Michael

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