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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.
  • mrifeanyiionyinye@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "world bank"<worldbank@worldbank.org>
Reply-To: <mrifeanyiionyinye@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:27:45 +0930
Subject: YOUR FUND IS REED

The World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433 USA
www.worldbank.org


Good day




Regarding of your payment which you have suffered and several attempt to receive from Central bank ,London ,or any African banks etc.. and all your effort was in van, we find out that a lot of offices are demanding fee from you which did not supposed to be so.


You are not going to spend more dawn $150 dollars, the reason why you are paying it is because a lot of attempt has been made to davit your fund so everything will be corrected which is the ratify fee of $150 dollars that is what you are going invest before you receive your fund , all you have to do is to contact Mr Ifeanyi Onyinye because your name has been included among beneficiary which we receive their payment through our corresponding this is the last opportunity to receive this payment Contact Mr Ifeanyi Onyinye on this information bellow



Name: Mr Ifeanyi Onyinye
Telephone Number: Tel 44-702-4071917 ext 517
Email mrifeanyiionyinye@hotmail.com

$2.5millon dollars has been approved for you to receive as your part payment this fund has been cleared anything regarding terrorist, money laundry, drug, IMF, Homeland security including FBI ETC . please kindly know that there will be no stop order again on your fund
congratulations

Thanks you for your understanding



Dr Dan Thorn
>From World Bank Group.

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