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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • collinsubaka4@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "danilel chris" <danilelchris@msn.com>
Reply-To: danielchris@ny.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:17:54 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT PROJECT

DEAR FRIEND,

THIS LETTER MIGHT COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISED SINCE WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY
PREVIOUS CORESPONDENCE.THIS IS AS A RESULT OF THE HELPLESS SITUATION I FOUND
MYSELF INTO. MY NAME IS DANIEL CHRIS, I AM 30 YEARS OLD ,I GOT YOUR CONTACT
DURING MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE, CAPABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON THAT CAN
ASSIST ME IN THIS DARKEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE.

I LOST MY FATHER, MOTHER AND TWO SISTERS WITH OUR FAMILY HOUSE DURING THE
BOMB EXPLOSION AT THE ARMY CANTONMENT (BARRACKS) HERE IN NIGERIA. I AM ALIVE
WRITING YOU BECAUSE I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE OUTSIDE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE
EXPLOSIONS. I AM WRITING YOU NOW FROM OUR CHURCH WHERE THE VICTIMS OF THE
EXPLOSION ARE KEPT INCLUDING MYSELF. NO HOUSE NO GOOD HEALTH.

BEFORE MY FATHER'S SUDDEN DEATH, HE KEPT THE SUM OF US$32,500,000.00 (
THIRTY TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) IN CASH WITH A PRIVATE
SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY HERE IN NIGERIA.NOW THAT HE IS LATE AND I AM
THE ONLY ONE LEFT BEHIND.
I AM WRITING YOU TO ASSIST ME RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY, SO THAT WE
WILL INVEST IT IN A PROFITABLE BUSINESS VENTURE AND RELOCATE ME TO JOIN YOU
IMMEDIATELY. AS A RESULT OF INSECURITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY HERE,AND MY
FATHERS RELATIONS ARE TRYING TO COLLECT THIS LEGACY MY LATE FATHER LEFT FOR
ME. I DO NOT WANT TO STAY HERE ANY LONGER BECAUSE I AM NOT SAFE ANYMORE.
PLEASE INDICATE YOUR READINESS TO ASSIST ME,SO THAT ALL THE INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS FUNDS WILL BE PASSED TO YOU IMMEDIATELY.

SEND TO ME YOUR TEL/FAX NUMBERS AND YOUR FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS FOR PROPER
IDENTIFICATION. AND ALSO ASSURE ME YOU WILL NOT BETRAY ME AT THE END THIS
TRANSACTION KEEP THIS TO YOURSELF ONLY. IF THIS TRANSACTION IS PROPERLY
EXECUTED, I AM PREPARED TO GIVE YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR KIND
ASSISTANCE. ALSO, THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE CONCERNING THIS FUNDS IS THAT,
THE SECURITY COMPANY HERE WHERE MY LATE FATHER DEPOSITED THE MONEY DOES NOT
KNOW THE REAL CONTENT OF THE CONSIGNMENT BECAUSE HE DEPOSITED IT WITH THEM
AS PERSONAL EFFECT FOR SECURITY REASON AND WE MUST NOT LET THEM TO KNOW
ABOUT THIS.

YOU ARE REQUESTED TO GET BACK TO ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE E-MAIL:
collinsubaka4@hotmail.com

REGARDS,
DANIEL CHRIS.


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