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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 Platonadze Nodariy." <platonadzenodariy@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: platonadze_nodariy@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:02:15 +0300
Subject: I Need Your Assistance,On Behalf My Cilent.

I'm a financial consultant based in Freetown (South Africa). I have a client (a widow,his Name is Mrs.Maraia Katanga,and how to contact her:m_katanga@yahoo.com) she has $8,500,000 eight million five hundred thousand united state American dollars with a private security company for safe-keeping which was deposited by his late husband before his ultimate death.

And she is willing to offer you 20% of the total fund for your assistance and 5% mapped out for any expenses that may come up during this transfer, if you can assist her transfer this fund to your country or any bank of your wish.

She wishes to invest into real estate, housing investments or any other business that will be more profitable as well. She is also more interested to run companies with potentials for rapid growth in a long terms partnership.

My client is interested in placing part of her fund in your company, if your country's laws allow foreign investment. Give your contact address of your country and fax and telephone and mobile phone numbers for easy communication.
(1). Your full address and international passport.
(2). Your fax and telephone, mobile numbers.
You can contact me for more details via my e-mail address for further information’s regarding this transaction as soon as possible. You can reach me with my private email address: platonadeznodariy@yahoo.com

Thanks.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Platonadze Nodariy.

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