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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: carina01@tiscali.co.uk
Reply-To: sellena21@elvis.com
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:02:37 -0700
Subject: urgent reply

NO 28 B,IDRIS ROAD,
KABUL,AFGHANISTIAN.

Sir,
I crave your indulgence to seek fo your relationship
in a transaction which requires some one like you to
team up with me to perfect.

I am mrs sellena kwagio from afghanistian.i was married
to late DR Ammed Kwagio who was killed during the usa
raid against terrorism in afghanistan.

My husband was the cio/md of total oil company in
afghanistan,befor his dealt,he intimated me of a fund
deposit he has with a security company in europe,he
gave me the cerfiticate of deposit of this fund
[$7million usd]which he deposited with this security
company as a family treasure which he declared as
[jewleries,gold and diamond].


PRESENTLY, i am incapacitated with my health ailment
thereby making me inactive to go for the claims
myself.again my only son who would have inherited this
money died in an auto crash two months ago.I therefore
have no option than to solicite for a trusted some one
who i will delegate and give the mandate to go and make
the claims on my behalf with the documents i will give
to him in the respect.dear please kindly show me your
interest in liansing with me to do this transaction by
indicating your willingness via prompt reply.

And after the transaction the fund will go on ratio,25
percent for you,5 percent for less privilleged ones and
70 percent for me which will come to me after when all
things went successfully.and more deatails will be
given to you as soon as i read your reply.
regards
yours faithfully,
MRS SELLENA KWAGIO
nd please do reply me with email address[sellena21@elvis.com]


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