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If a victim responds, more letters follow, and each new letter describes new difficulties, people who have to be bribed, banks that are suddenly charging additional fees, documents that need to be prepared, and the victim is always the one who pays -- that is, until he realizes he has been scammed, or until he is broke.
Variations of the scam offer a lucrative business or profits from an investment that a deceased relative of the e-mail recipient supposedly made. The stories seem to outdo one another in their outrageousness. In one letter, former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's widow asks for help. Others tell moving stories of natural disasters. In one, the sender reports that an astronaut working for the Nigerian space program is stuck in orbit, and that millions of dollars are needed to bring him back to earth.

Proud entrepreneurs

Though 419 scams though illegal, is a popular business in Nigeria. The participants feel no guiltier than the average German tax evader. In fact, they are often proud of their achievements, proud of having transformed Africa's disadvantages as a business location into their own personal gain.
Way out of this Scam
The Best way out of these scan is to protect your employees from these email contents so they do not receive them, it is often said that prevention is better than cure and since spam will always be the their it is highly advisable that our email systems are well protected from these scams, to help protect the internet.
Message Labs Africa is the leading provider of managed email security services for businesses in Kenya. It operates at the Internet level where it gives protection to client’s network from viruses, Trojans, worms and Spam emails.  Over the years we have discovered the increase of Spam, which has grown exponentially to become a serious threat to email security for businesses globally. Message Labs Africa have found using a mix of the most advanced filtering methods, Spam traps and honey pots, to be the best way to ensure that Anti-Spam technology stays one step ahead of the spammers.
 

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