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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Ogar Effiwatt" <eff_io01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ulmt2@yahoo.dk>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:19:54 +0100
Subject: CONFIRM YOUR CAPABILITY



CONFIRM YOUR CAPABILITY
Dear Friend , Please do not see this as one of those spam and scam mails you may have received of which I have
received uncountable numbers myself.
Let me go straight to why I contacted you despite our having no prior acquaintance of each other.I want you to assist to receive a package which I am working on how to move out of our country to
your country.I we promise to give you 30% of the package.I only need the following from you: (1) Your full name (2) Your address (3) Mobile Telephone number (4) Your international passport
number or Drivers licence to make identification easy at point of delivery and also to avoid
wrongful claim by mail/package thieves. Let me confidentially reveal that content of package is $15 million U.S dollars.The money came
from activities of my company in up and down stream sub-sectors of the Oil and Gas Industry. My apologies if I have offended you by coming to you this way.I wish I knew any better way of
reaching you.
If you like we can enter into an agreement to evidence the sharing arrangement as I proposed
above.That way we will be both assured of compliance.
Thank you for your time.
Dr.Ogar Effiwatt
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