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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: "Eng Alex Johnson" <engalexjohnson@correucatala.com>
Reply-To: eng_alexjohnson@myway.com
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 21:05:55 -0000
Subject: Contact Me Asap

Good Day,

I really regret any embarrasment this mail might cause you as
we've never by any chance met before I want you to patiently read
this offer.

I am Eng Alex Johnson a Delegation member of OPEC in West
Africa. I am the linkman between the Organization For Petroleum
Exporting Countries-OPEC and the petroleum sector in a West
African country. I also attend OPEC meetings constantly in Geneva.

Through the sale of our allocated oil quota in OPEC,I was able to
make $30.5million, which is currently deposited in a Security and
Finance company. I want you to assist me to claim this money as I
cannot claim it directly because I am still a civil servant, and the
code of conduct bureau forbids me to acquire such amount of
money.

It is on this basis that I am contacting you forassistance, if you will
be interested, claim documents will be processed and sent to you.
The documents with which the fund is deposited will be changed to
reflect you as the new beneficiary so that you will be eligible to
collect the fund on my behalf.

I will give you 20% of the fund for this assistance. I am aware of the
international monitoring of all large-scale financial movements after
the September 11th 2001 terrorist attack on America and to avoid
any state of financial investigation I will provide a classified
clearance paper from the relevant body which will exonerate the
money from either drug, money laundered or terrorist related
proceeds.

Upon the reciept of your mail, indicating your interest to help me in
this transaction I will then send to you my indentity card and
international pasport to further buttress the bonafide nature of this
transaction. Kindly respond to my proposal through this my email on
the receipt of your mail.

I want to assure you that there is no risk attachedin this transaction
You should also provide me with your private telephone and fax
numbers for easiercommunication.
Expecting your response.

Best regards,
Eng Alex Johnson

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