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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 roy johnson" <roy_johnson10@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Reply-To: roy_johnson10@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 12:14:08 +0000
Subject: help me

mr roy johnson
Dakar Senegal
URGENT ATTENTION
Dear Trusted One,
I am mr roy johnson ,a 49 years old senegalese,Married with three Children and Presently The
Director General in the Ministry of Finance and Economic planning.I have the sum of Seven
Million,Five Hundred & Fifty Thousand United States Dollars (us$7.550.000.00) Investment Funds
Kept in one of the Prime Banks here in Dakar Senegal.
I had wanted to use This Money For Investments outside Africa Upon Disengaging from the Civil
Service By December 2005.My Urgent need to contact you was necessitated by the Recent Government
Directives to Civil Servants to declare their Assets to the Bereau for Public Enterprise (BPE)
on or Before the 12th of July 2005.Knowing how i got this Funds and the fact that i cannot
account for it if eventually Found I decided to contact you in order to Front You as the Account
Owner so that the Funds shall be transfered to your position without delay.I have formalised
every arrangements which i shall give to you upon the receipt of your confirmation mail
indicating your interest and willingness to work with me in this Business Arrangements.
For your assistance and participation,I shall give you 30% net transfered Funds while you shall
guide me investing my own % after disengaging from the service by December 2005.Furthermore i
wish to inform you that this Business is 100% Risk Free in ever sense.
Please keep this informations very secretive in view of my personal and Job security.
Revert For Details.
Thanks
Yours Faithfully
mr roy johnson .

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