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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: =?iso-8859-1?Q?mag=5Fmad2004=40handbag=2Ecom=20=20=09?= <mag_mad2004@handbag.com>
Reply-To: mag_mad2005@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:09:47 +0100
Subject: REPLY ME

Dear One,

How are you and the daily activities including your family? Hope everybody
is fine. Though we've not met before,my name is Miss Magret Madumere I got
your contact through the Accra chamber of commerce here in Accra Ghana.

I am a citizen of Sierra Leone,the DAUGTHER of the Minister of Mines and
Energy who was killed during the Sierra Leonean war by the rebels. My father
died and left behind physical cash of $22 Million USD which he safely kept
in a Security Finance Company during his regime in the office. I want to
invest this money in any profitable business of your choice in your country.
I am hereby soliciting your assistance to be
my foreign partner because I've not been to Europe/U.S. before in my life.
So I don't want to make any costly mistake that will make me lose my money.You
will be entitled to 10% of the total sum for your
assistance.

All I want is for you to receive the money and send invitation letter for
me to join you. Your urgent reply will enable me to arrange with the Security
Finance Company to move this money through their
special Diplomatic Courier Services to your country.For you to claim it till
I will meet you up in your country for my investment. All the necessary documents
of deposit from the Security Company are with me. In your reply, please include
your private telephone and fax numbers.

Thanks for your co-operation.

My best Regards,
Miss Magret Madumere.

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