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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "ahmed dikko young" <ahmeddikko13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ahmed_dikko13@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:03:23 +0100
Subject: Can I confide in you!

Please Read!

I am soliciting for business proposal to
make with you. I do seriously need your help because I am
disabled from a motor accident and cannot travel
abroad on Doctor’s orders.

I was an Oil consultant based in the United Kingdom,
and because I helped a lot of foreign Crude Oil
Companies to get Crude Oil Lifting Rights and
lucrative Oil Contracts from Nigeria, I was able to
amass a fortune worth USD50million.
On 12th January 2005, I left the UK finally with my
family, and came back to Nigeria. But because of the
unfavourable political and economic climate in
my country, and for security reasons, I left my money
total USD50million in a Security Safe Deposit Vault in
London.

On 2nd March 2006, I and my whole family was involved
in a very bad accident on our way home to our Village
at Benin, about 100 km from Lagos, Nigeria; I lost my
entire family in the accident, and I myself fell into
a coma since then…

I eventually recovered from coma, and was discharged
from the hospital forthnight later. I have no money with
which to sponsor any one in Nigeria to undertake the
trip for me; in any case , my extended family here
abandoned me in hospital when they realized that the
money which I came back with had been spent on
hospital bills; I am currently living on the charity
of the church. And now, I need your help to collect
this money in London and invest it in a profitable
venture abroad; I cannot bring in this money into
Nigeria for fear of seizure by the Government. If the
money is properly and profitably invested abroad , I
intend to leave Nigeria permanently.

Can I count on your help? If you agree to help me, I
will send you by courier the ELECTRONIC CARD KEY of my
vault so that you can travel to London and open the
vault; You will then remove the money total USD50
million and transfer it to your Bank Account. For your
help and assistance, you will keep 30% of the money
for your self and keep 70% for me in safe custody
until I travel to meet you and invest my share…

If you agree to help me, please reply giving me the
following information:

1. Your Complete name and Street (POSTAL) address
2. Your Phone and fax number, including mobile
3. Your confidential email address

Regards,
Ahmed Dikko Young

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