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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: "From: Ms. Mariam Mohammed" <miriam_mhd@she.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:30:59 +0700
Subject: From: Ms. Mariam Mohammed

From: Ms. Mariam Mohammed.
Attn: The Director&Ceo.

Greetings,

In appreciation of your esteemed contact received through a reliable source ,First of all , I wish to introduce myself to you, I am Ms.Mariam Mohamed the wife of the late Dr. Rashidi Mohammed who was one of the aid to the former leader of my country Iraq before he was killed in a war in my as a surprise but I honestly do not intend to surprise you. I write
this letter in respect of my intention to invest the sum of US$20 000,000.00 with you. which I inherited from my husband proceed before his death.

When my husband was killed and the rest members of my family on 16th January 2003 during the war , I and my only surviving son escaped to Iran with the help of United Nations from there we came to Bangkok through the United Nation peace keeping Pilot. . The fund is now with the Financial Firm .In view of this plight, I expect you to be trustworthy and kind enough ,
I hereby agree to compensate your sincere and candid effort in this regard with 28% of the total fund and annual 5% of the after tax returns on investment for the first three years.
Thereafter, the term shall be varied,5% for expenses, which may arise during the transaction.

Whatever your decision is please reach me and my son immediately through this phone number +66-1-3821283 or on the above e-mail
and keep this letter tight secret for the interest of my family.

Best Regards.
Ms.M.Mohammed.

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