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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: "thompsonalber1@terra.es" <thompsonalber1@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:20:29 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: From Mr. Thompson Alber


>From Mr. Thompson Alber
Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Thompson Alber a British but presently in West Africa (Nigeria), I am a prostate Cancer Patient presently in a Hospital here in Nigeria and my Doctor told me that I have a few months to live. I have been a very Successful Businessman here in Africa and own two Companies, married with two kids but lost them with my wife in car accident here five years ago, before that incident all my concerns was my business and making money I never cared about other things about life but since I lost my family here I have decided to help helpless families.I have been helping orphans in motherless homes; I have donated some money to orphans in Sudan, America and some Asian countries and also here in Africa. Before I became ill, I deposited some amount of money, Ten million, three hundred thousand dollars ($10.3million) to be precise in a long term deposit account in a Bank. Because so much of my wealth has been plundered by relatives and friends since my illness, hence I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them since the money in the Bank is the last fund that I have left after I sold my two companies and other Valuables.

I would want you to use your discretion to distribute the money and keep 20% of it for yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you might have incurred during the process of collecting and distributing the money to charity organizations. May the good Lord bless you and your families, if you are interested to proceed with this project go ahead and forward the below information so that I will instruct you on how to proceed:
Your Full Names:
Your Direct Telephone Number:
Your Fax:
Your Occupation:
Your Nationality:

Please reply to this mail as I can only communicate through my laptop which is by my bed here in the hospital, as soon as I get your response I shall then give you the necessary information you need to collect this money.

God bless you.
Mr. Thompson Alber.





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