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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: "javier perez" <javierperez@verizonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:42:17 -0500
Subject: camera,payment soon.

Dear ,
To be candid, i am committed to see your mail,i'm ok with the price of the nikkon D70. i love the it,i'm living in amsterdam ,i can speak french dutch and german a little.but i'm now on visual matter to usa(i'm a lecturer there). but the most essential things there is that i am buying it for my only son who is in Nigeria reading law,if i should tell you to have the item shipped to me and then to ship it back to my son will be incurring more price to me, im posting the item to Nigeria through TPG, POST REGISTERED,<AANGETEKEND> from your area ,and im paying you 70 more euro for the posting via TPG POST REGISTERED, i will pay you through BANK TRANSFER SECURED AND GUAARANTEE and when the payment is made through them your money will be delivered to your account in cash in 24 BUSINESS HOURS .Regards and God bless you
LECT.JAVIER
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGR.
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY.
OYNX UNIVERSITY
ELIZABETHVILLE,PA,USA.
Thanks,please get back to me with your bank name and adress,and your full name and adress inother to inform my online bank to effect the payment as soon as possible.get back to me please
THANKS ,HERE IS MY SON'S SHIPPING ADDRESS:
TOLLY DESMOND
NO 65 AKARABATA STREET MODAKEKE
OSUN STATE,NIGERIA.

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