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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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• 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.
  • ayobiodun2005@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "OLATUNDE BELLO" <ayobiodun2005@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:25:09 -0800
Subject: PLEASE CONTACT ME VERY URGENT

DEAR. SIR,

MY NAME IS MR.BELLO FROM GABON, EAST AFRICA

I AM WORKING WITH GABON. PETROLEUM CORPORATION

My reason of writing you this letter is that I want to come to your country to discuses business opportunity's on oil exploration in my country which will favor both party's if you are interested, because I am having about (12million) dollars or more which I am willing to invest in the business, I work with them as a loading officer, Presently I have arranged and packaged the fund as a consignment and deposited it with One of the security company for safety purpose here in Ghana, please do note that the company do not know the content of the consignment.

Please sirs do try to maintain the confidentiality involved in this business.

Right now am in Ghana Accra West Africa. With my family For security of our self because I benefited this money from my country in my company, and I decided to leaf my country with my family to your country for investment, that is why I contact you Please if you are interested contact me in my telephone number ( +233-243601499) or my email address- ayobiodun2005@yahoo.com contacts me immediately so that we can discussed on how to move the money out from Ghana to you over there before I move with my family to your country. Because I want to invest this money on business like opening of company. Or any order business that you know is very lucrative in your country, am expecting to hear from you urgently.

Regard,

MR.Olatunde Bello .

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