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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: "FROM JAMES" <james_kirian01@yahoo.com.au> (may be fake)
Reply-To: james_kirian@yahoo.com.au
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 10:43:38 +0200
Subject: HELP ME FOR THE SALES PLZ DEAR

GOOD DAY.
Please bear with me for sending this letter to you surprisingly. My Name is James Kirian originally from Liberia in west Africa. My sole purpose of contacting you is for you to assist me in selling in your country or elsewhere my rough (uncutted) diamonds which weighs 14,220 carats,from (3-45 carats),(3kg gross) on the scale,("H"VS-1quality),all rough worths
about(US$10.8Million).The diamonds was deposited by my late father for my furthure living in EUROPE and is waiting for my order to be transfered as I am the "NEXT OF KIN" to the deposit as it is indicated in all the deposit documents.I am presently living in Dakar senegal.I Wish to hear from you soonest.
Yours truly
JAMES KIRIAN

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