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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: Mrs Fatima Syed <mrsfatima_syed1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 06:09:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: BE MY INVESTOR TRUSTEE.


BE MY INVESTOR TRUSTEE.

Dear Sir/Madam

I wish to write you pleading with you to be my Investor trustee over $12.5million. My late Husband was a rich oil Contractor in South Africa, But before his death in July 29th 1999. He deposited the sum of ($12,500,000.00) USD in a safe keeping company in Europe.

The money which he made from oil contract and he left an instruction with the safe keeping company to release the money to me his wife and his son Ali who at that time was studying, that an Investor should accompany us before the $12.5Million will be released to us for proper investment, and also for the welfare of the children which he left behind for me. I plead with you to accept to help me and act as my investor trustee to manage the $12.5Million for me. We can both arrange on how to invest this money into your company. We have agreed to give you 20% of the $12.5Million for your own assistance.

All the relevant documents shall be forwarded to you upon your indications to assist me in this project. May the Almighty God bless you, if you will of trust and faithful to assist me.

Please contact me on the above e-mail address or Alternative Email:

( mrsfatima_abdul1@sify.com ) Looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs Fatima Azad Syed




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