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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: "alicia gel" <alc_gel010@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alc_gel01@nyc.com
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:09:00 +0000
Subject: FROM: MRS ALICIA GEL

FROM: MRS ALICIA GEL
CREDIT BANK BENIN
OUAGADOU-BURKINA FASO

Dear Friend,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise however,it's just my urgent
need for foreign partner that made me contact you for this transaction

I am a banker by profession from Benin Republic in west Africa and
currently holding the post of Foreign Remmittance Director in our bank
Burkina Faso office .

I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds $5.6 million of
the deceased to any foreign account .

You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking on this
web site :http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm"



Hence,i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared
between us in the ratio 60/40 if you agree to my business proposal.

Eagerly waiting for you.
Mrs Alicia Gel

alc_gel01@nyc.com

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