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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.Abdul Rahman" <abdul_ra205@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abdul_ra205@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:29:38 +0200
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE

Attention Please,

I am contacting you believing you are honest and trustworthy person.I
beleive you will not betray the confidence i am willing to reporse in
you,for me to have contact you even though we haven't met before.My name is
abdul rahman i am a citizen of Sudan, the only son of Mr. Mohammad Faye
Rahman.My father was a business man and well known Gold dealler from
Darfur in Sudan.
He was murdered in cold blood late last year 2004 ,during the bombing of our
village,Rahad Kabolong in the western Sudanese state of North Darfur with my
mother while me and my younger Sister are at School.

You can find the story on this website.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/4007191.stm>

My late father Mohammad F.Rahman deposited the sum of US$7.200.000.00
Million (Seven Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) under a
custody of Finance Firm in Senegal.
However, I and my Sister came to Senegal last two weeks with the deposit
documents of the money for the claim of the money from the Finance firm and
transfer to a foreign trustee with interest to secure a sustainable
investment for our future survival.
I'm therefore soliciting for your assistance to help us receive the money
out from Senegal and as well to transfer it into your private or company
account for our investment in your country under your control,because at my
age,i don't have a business idea.
We want you to stand as my fathers foreign busines partner for a successful
retrieve and transfer of the money out from Senegal with your name and also
help us to secure our traveling documents to come over your country for the
investment and to live our future life under your care.

Please reply immediately you receive this mail for further discussion and
also tell us the amount you will take as your rewards for helping us to
handle the transfer to your position to enable me give you more detail
informtion of this deposit.

Thanks for your anticipated understanding and co-operation.

Best regards,
abdul rahman.

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