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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: "mariam Youssouf" <mariam1986@uaimail.com.br>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:23:33 -0300
Subject:



Hello

With all my respects' My Compliments of the day, I am Miss Mariam Youssouf,
a citizen of Cote d'Ivoire.I am 21 years old and I am the only
daughter of Mr. Sillas Youssouf ex-vice chair of Cote d'Ivoire Cocoa Co-operation,I
found your prifiles and I am in interest to have something of confidential with
you with and the aim of helping me to enter in possession of the transfer of
money
of which my late father deposited in the bank here, all the documents is here
with me .I request your
assistance to assist me to recieve this money in your account.I
want to invest in your country and to be your partner because it is a very important

sum($2.8 million) which was deposited
in the bank here in Cote d'Ivoire by my Late father when he was alive.I
await your assistance, finally that we transfer it in your account where you
are currently. You will be compassecting
with 20% of the total sum. In
waiting of a favorable continuation, I request from you of counsel the
insurance my very high and respectful consideration. I join for this
purpose my email: (mariam_yssf@yahoo.com.au)
I will send you my photographs in return of your answer.Do not mind my english,i
am a french girl.Urgently, send me your telephone and fax contact so I will
submit it to the bank for immedaite transfer.
Yours sincerely,
Miss.Mariam Youssouf.
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