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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: "Allen Sansa" <allensansa@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 11:40:42 +0000
Subject: FROM ALLEN.

Dear sir,

Be honoured been involve in a financial business with us. I am Allen Sansa
from Sierra Leone Based in Abidjan Ivory Coast.

I have a heritance fund from of my late father Chief Martin Sansa, from the Tongo Diamond Field area, late Chairman of Rex Mining Company in Freetown, Sierra Leone. I need your assistance to get this fund invested in your country due to the political situation here in Ivory Coast.

Please if you are available to be my partner, get back to me immediately at my private email contact: allensansa@hotmail.com <mailto:allensansa@hotmail.com> for more details and proves.

Thanks for your cooperation and may the lord bless you

Sincerely yours,
Allen Sansa
allensansa@hotmail.com

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