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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: "MR LUCAS DUDU" <lucasdudu6@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lucasdudu3200@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:54:26 +0400
Subject: GOLD DUST FOR SALE

Greetings,
My name is MR LUCAS DUDU
An agent and consultant of miners corporative in Ghana,Cote d'Ivoire and
Burkina Fasso,where Gold and Diamond are being mined.
We have quantities of Gold Au Dust now for sale.
Gold A.U. dust of 22 carats.
Quantity : 630 Kgs.
Purity : 996 / one thousand.(twenty two carats).
Price :5,750 E, (five thousands seven hundred and fifty euros/per Kg).
After testing the products and be satisfied,the payment will be made and
the goods will be cargoed to the country of your choice by the
authorities.
Buyer is requested on his likings to come with his testing tools.
Note:The quantity can be changed as the days goes by.
Email:lucasdudu6@hotmail.com
Best regards,
MR LUCAS DUDU

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