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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 Aziz Mohamed" <azizm1122@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:40:28 +0200
Subject: Comfirm From Mr.Aziz

Dear sir,

I am pleased to introduce to you a business opportunity to transfer substancial funds to your oversea account through a private finance in Dakar Senegal.

I am Mr Aziz Mohammed (Bsc,Msc)The director of credit and foreign bill's unit to one of the prime Banks in Senegal. I surpervised a wire transfer of an anonimous huge funds in our Bank and discovered the said fund has been floating wihout someone coming for it's claim, i also discovered that the fund belongs to our late foreign customer ( Engr.Tharmoud T. Jumaa) Who worked as an Esate Consultant here in Dakar Senegal before his death on the 17th of June 2001, After a brief illness of a respiratory problem (Asthma).

Our management has issued a note of enquiries concerning the fund's beneficiary as it is against our operational Ethics for a deposit to be left unserviced or unclaimed for a period of five years.

I am contacting you to assist in repartrating this fund since the depositor has no Next of kin and Nobody is putting a claim on it before they got it confiscated or declared unserviceable by the finance firm as an unclaimed bill.There is nothing that will stop this finance and secuirty firm from approving the deposit to a foreigner who has the correct information of the deposited item of the the deceased, which i shall forward to you upon your positive response and once i'm convinced of your capability and assurance that you will not let me down.

Pls you can contact me true this mail : azizm1122@yahoo.com
I look forward to your earliest response, insha Allah.

Best regards,

Mr Aziz Mohamed

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