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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: linda_paul@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 06:00:46 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP


Form :linda paul
Greetings To You,

I am well confident of your capability of executing this business for the
mutual benefit of our both families, believing that you will not expose
or betray the trust and confident I am about to repose on you. I am contacting
you with the greatest delight and personal respect. I am Linda paul, the
Daughter of Mr Martins paul Personal Assistantto the former minister of
Mineral Resources of the Republic of Sierra-Leone who was recently murdered
by the unknown Gunmen in my Village where he servering his retirment in
his farm Business.

Few days before my father died in a hospital he confided in me and ordered
me to go to his underground safe and moved out immediately with the deposit
receipt he made with a Security Company in Abidjan where he deposited one
trunk box which contains cash sum of US$19,000,000 (NINE million United
States Dollars). I successfully smuggled out of the country to Abidjan,
Cote d'Ivoire with the help of some people loyal to My father.I have gone
to the Security Company with the deposit Documents to confirm the deposit
myself. Unknown to the Security company my father declared the contents
of the trunk box as HOSPITAL EQUIPMENTS belonging to his foreign partner,
that the keys are with him in order to prevent them from knowing the real
content.

I am now seeking for your direct assistance to front you as the owner of
the consignment and lift the fund out of this country to your base for onward
profitable investment which necessitated my contacting you.

I know that this request will come to you as suprise and stranger in the
sence that you dont know me and we have never met but I have to discuss
this with someone nad you happen to be the person.I came across your contact
on my search on how to incvest this money into a legitimate business.When
I came across your contact from mys earch in the investors Guide I decieded
to write you to discuss this with you.Being a stranger in this country and
coupled with the current Political Crisis in this country I thought wise
not to discuss or invest this money in this country.

Waiting for your reply and intrest in this request.

Yours sincerely.
Form; linda paul



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