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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • ta_1903@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "info infoweb" <info1960@islammemo.cc>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 13:17:58 +0300
Subject: REPLY.



This is for your attention.

It is with humility that I am writing you, to solicit
that you come to our RESCUE. I am Mr. Temi
Alamieyeseigha the eldest son of the deposed Governor of Bayelsa
state in Nigeria, [Diepreye Alamieyeseigha] who jumped
bail in Britain and was latter arrested and detained
in Nigeria.
Presently, he is standing trial for money-laundering
charges in Nigeria.
On the 7th day of July 2006,the British government
returned an equivalent of 1.8M USD seized from our
home in England late last year.
Arising from the above, I quickly relocated our money,
which is an equivalent of 28M USD from the UK to another
country in the middle east.
This is to prevent further discovery of my family’s fund by
the Nigerian government.
I am seeking for your assistance in claiming and
safe keeping of the fund I had relocated. If you agree
to assist my family in this transaction,you shall be
compensated with 30% of the fund. We shall reserve 5%
to defray any expenses that shall be incurred in
actualizing and perfecting this transaction.The
balance 65% shall be kept by you for my family.If
you want to assist us,please accompany your reply
with your name,contact address,Telephone number, so
that i can send you the neccesary ducuments and the
power of anttorny to claim the funds on behalf of my
family.
You should visit these websites for more information:
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=54480&select=West%20Africa

Your reply is awaited.
Regards,

Temi Alamieyeseigha.
ALL REPLY SHOULD BE SENT TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS.  ta_1903@yahoo.co.uk

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