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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: "Mike Dibia" <mike_dibia3@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:23:07 -0600
Subject: Attn: VICTIMNAME

Attn: VICTIMNAME,

How are you today? I hope all is fine with you over there. We acknowledge
the receipt of your mail and content well understood, once again we are very
sorry for all you might have gone through so far, but I give you my word you
are at the end of your problem.

Well I will like to have every prove that shows that you are the right
person we are looking for, I need all the paper works they sent to you, and
I need those impostors contact address and phone number so we can track them
down here, the president is not happy having this people in our country,
they are giving this country a bad name and that is why Mr. President want
to put a stop to all this non-sense, and you guys over there are the people
who will help us by getting us the information’s of any body who rip you off
your funds.

This is the order the president gave to us, on how to make payments to
people like you, an automated transit account will be opened here in Nigeria
on your name, and after that I will contact you to pass you all your account
info to you, you will be the one to access your account by your self and no
one is going to help you, you will be in complete control of transferring
your funds, you don’t even need any lawyer to do that for you, as you can
see, we are ready to put a stop to all this rubbish, those fools puts our
country’s name into disrepute. Bellow, are the info I need from you to open
up an automated transit account for you.

Your full name:

Home or office address in full

Telephone and Fax numbers

Age/Sex

Occupation:

Your international passport or driver’s license for identification purpose:
Please I want you to make all this available for me as soon as you read this
mail so we can start processing your automated transit account without
further delays.

Once again we are very sorry for your lost and I promise you as soon as
everything is ready you will not have anything to loose.

Waiting to hear from you soon.

Yours truly,
SEN.MIKE DIBIA
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY

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