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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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  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: noura tamali <noura_tamali3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <noura_tamali@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 15:00:49 +0000
Subject: Attn: Please, From Mrs Noura Tamali.



Attn: Please,

I know that this joint venture proposal will come to you as a surprise but do take your time to painstakingly go through it as I mean well for us. My name is Mrs Noura Tamali; the wife of late Dr .B .A Tamali. My late husband was the Director of finance and in charge of military logistics during his administration.

At the peak of his problem with the government, before he was assassinated, he advice me to escape to a neighbouring country in disguise with all vital documents concerning his fund deposit abroad for safety and security reasons and source for reliable person or persons to use their sterling credentials to move the fund out for reinvestment. This is because of the order issued by the court to out rightly confiscate all our properties and freeze my late husband national and international bank accounts.

I am therefore soliciting for your assistance to secure the fund in a private or company bank account which you will provide for our mutual benefit. Hence you shall manage and reinvest the fund for me in a profit oriented business in your country. We shall negotiate on the percentage which you will be entitled to when the fund will arrive in the account.

Note: Please, kindly revert back to me with your urgent decision, because time is of essence so that we can make an immediate arrangement to have a face to face meeting in person and discuss in private how you can assist me with all precautionary measures without exposing my identity, which is paramount in this business for my safety. Please do not forget to include your contact details such as direct secured private telephone and fax number for subsequent communication.

Thanks,

Mrs Noura Tamali.
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