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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: micheal_fadiga08@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:05:44 +0000
Subject: MESSAGE FROM MICHEAL AND ROSE.

Dear one,

Good day and God Bless you.
Permit me to inform you of my desire for you to help me.
Obviously, you might be surprised on recieving this mail due to we have
not known before. By brief introduction , I am Micheal Fadiga, a citizen
of Sierra Leone and the only son of late Mr and Mrs Vincent Fadiga. My Late
parents was killed by the rebels in my home town Mende district, the second
Economic Capital of Sierra Leone during the recent Political crisis of Sept,
2002.After their death, i and my younger sister (ROSE)managed to run out
of our country to Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire,where we are staying now for our
safety.My father was a Wealthy Cocoa and gold Merchant before he met his
sudden death .Before their death in a private hospital , my father secretly
disclosed to me of the total Sum of $28,600,000.00 (Twenty-Eight Million
Six Hundred United State Dollars) he deposited in one of the banks in Abidjan
on behalf of his foreign business partner as the beneficiary for onward
transfer to his or her Overseas account.

Dear one, please I am honourably seeking your assistance to stand as a foreignn
partner of my late father and beneficiary of the money as well as guardian,and
to provide a bank account for the transfer .I will also like you to make
arrangement for me and my younger sister to further our Education in your
country and to invest the money in your country also. I will offer you 15%
of the total Sum as compensation after the transfer.Please, get back to
me through the above email address to enable me inform you the requirement
before the transfer of the money into your account.

Please send your reply to me with this email address.
Email (micheal_fadiga08@terra.com.mx)

Thanks for your kindness and God bless you.
Expecting to hear from you.

Best regards,
Micheal Fadiga and Rose.



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