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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <capt_gerraldgiggs@hotmail.fr>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:30:52 +0000
Subject: LOAN APPROVAL.




Dear Sir,
I am Gerrald Giggs who needed attention in his medical treatment abroad.I was fortunate to get a financier who agreed to offer me $46,000 usd loan to take care of it but i cannot as i am sick and have not the requirments they needed to transfer the loan via credit card. I thereby seek for your willingness to assist and represent me and claimthe fund as my agent by sending the information to the office.
The total fund of $46,000 usd will be released to you immidiately.Note that i cannot travell due to my poor health condition and will be ready to offer you $6,000 usd for your assistance and service. I have made arrangement with a loan company which specialise in transferingfund to applicants credit card.All i need from you is to empty all the fund in your credit card so that this loan will be transfered immidiately so that you can send the balance to me to take care of my health.I will thereby need your full credit card details,home address and telephone number to proceed.Ignore if not interested.Have a wonderful day and God bless.
Yours faithfully,Gerrald.
NB; DO NOT FORGET TO EMPTY YOUR CREDIT CARD AND SEND FULL DETAILED INFORMATION.I WILL GIVE YOU CONTACT OF WHERE TO SEND MY BALANCE ONCE I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY AND REQUIRMENTS.

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