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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.
  • john_nindol@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Tony Nindol <t_nindol@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: johnnindol@doramail.com
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 20:26:50 +0200
Subject: Attn: Please.





Dear,
Compliments of the day,
My humble regards to you and your family. Tony Nindol is my name. A SierraLeonean by nationality.
I am presently residing in the neighbouring republic of Benin as a result of war that ravaged my country couple of years.
For this reason, most of us that worked under the military are under very tight scrutiny and constant oppression, thus necessitating my flee to the republic of Benin for safety reasons, myself and my family of two.
I wish to share with you in confidence that before I left Freetown to Benin, there is certain amount of money totalling US$15 million, which I successfully moved out to Europe through a diplomatic channel, with the assistance of a securities and finance company where it is presently deposited.
It is this money which I wish to invest, purely on your personal advise in a related area of my interest which is acquisition of farmlands/buying franchise of one or two products made in your company/country which will be exported to popular African markets that commands large demand for such products.
I am thereby approaching you basically for these reasons:
1) To assist us in the aspect of securing the funds at the securities company, and settle in your nominated account for our joint interest.
2)To grant us the moral and technical advise that we may require to invest overseas as mentioned above.
I have also resolved to compensate you with a 10% of the total sum involved for the role which you shall play in the project .Pls note that your capability to handle this transaction is also important as this might require your presence in Europe to receive the funds on my behalf as my foreign partner and beneficiary.
As you indicate interest to work with me, please feel free to contact me for now through my son( John Nindol)who is presently seeking asylum in the Spain) through this email address (john_nindol@yahoo.com) to enable him discuss with you closely regarding my request.
Thanking you in advance for your kind and urgent response.
Yours faithfully
Tony Williams

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