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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: "Sheriff Guei" <shrffguei@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:25:55 -0700
Subject: Humble Request.

Attn: My Dear,

I have made up my mind to contact you for assistance
after considering your outstanding performance in
business There are certain times in one life time that
whether or not one indicate interest for certain
assignment the people would look for him/her for
assistance.

Pls Do not allow this golden opportunity to slip off
my hands as I believe it will be of good benefit to both
of us.My reason for writing to you is for the fact
that I need to make a transfer of US$26.2Million to
your country and this requires to be done through a
trusted person who will not seat on the fund after the
transfer of the fund.

Before I will comment further let me introduce myself
to you I am Dr.Sheriff Guei the son of Mr Benjamin
Guei, My father Mr.Benjamin Guei was the former
economic adviser on petroleum to the Head of state of
Equatorial Guinea, He was poisoned to death by his
business partner about some months ago and he died
in a private hospital in Malabo Equatorial Guinea,
When he was about to die he secretly called me beside
his sick bed and told me that he deposited the sum of
USD26.2Million United State Dollars in a
security-firm, this he told me as he was about to die,
this US$26.2M that I want to transfer to your country
for investment I have decided to let you have for
yourself 20% of the total sum for using your bank
account in securing this fund.

I will give you more information as soon as I received
your reply Please do not forget to include your
personal telephone number for easy communication.

I look forward to hearing from you soonest.

Truly yours
Dr. Sheriff Guei.

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