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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: thomas anoh <thomas_anoh_2006@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:12:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENTREPLY


Dear Sir/Ma,
My name is barister THOMAS,ANOH, I am writing you this letter concerning to one of my client who died in heartattack on the 23rd of january 2003 and the name of my client id Mr Headword Withson. So i am his lawyer. The purpose of writting you this letter is, i am his lawyer who wills all his document, since then, i am fighting my effort to get all this required document i wills and the money he have in his bank and the money is 2.5 million USDollar
(2.500.000.00USD) Ever since then i am looking for his relative who is going to get this money out, i have done and fight my effort since when he died to transfer the money to our corresponding bank. I need
someone who is going to stand to claim this money. i am from ghana, a lawyer in nigeria, my client trusted me, this is why i am looking for someone who is going to stand as the beneficiary to get this money into our corresponding bank and any body who is going to stand for this case is going to be offer me his document and call me on my direct phone line .
i dont want my client to loose all his properties when he was not alive, He has in this country. Who ever receive this mail should send me an urgent reply or call me on my telefone number. I need a trusted someone who is going to stand to our corresponding bank. they we offer me 10% out of the money, who is going to stand as the individual will be of 40% out of the money.

Please now the money has been transfered to the corresponding bank and the bank said who is going to stand on behalf of this money should have the approved document by the lawyer (Br THOMAS,ANOH). Please i want somebody to help me with my effort because, i have tried my effort to transfer the money out since 2003-2005.
Best Regards
Barister THOMAS,ANOH



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