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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: "william sabbatta" <william_sabbatta@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:10:00 +0000
Subject: EMERGENCY

Dear Good Friend,
CALL ME ON + 233
244-229-399

I am William Sabbatta the son of late former Minister Of Mines and Natural
Resource during the time of Major Koromah, the former Military Head of State
of the Republic of Sierra Leone, who was massacred by president Tijani Kabba
force in their struggle toreinstate him back to power. My brother and I are
refugee here in Accra,Ghana since the death of our father, because of
thecondition of his death. Before the death of my father some months ago he
disclosed to me some money he had deposited in my name in a neighboring
country inWest-Africa. The total amount of the money is $32M,US dollars and
42kilos of gold all in a security vault in the West Africa neighboring
country, The document regarding this consignment was handed over to me by my
father before his death, I carefully searched and found the security
Companywhere I Confirmed that the consignment were deposited for safe
Keeping in their security vaultin the neighboringCountry. The content were
deposited as a family valuable,by Virtue of right as the son of my late
father, the Security Company has accepted to release the connsignment
factually. I am seeking your assistance because my father has declared the
record with the security company stating that his foreign partner form
Denmark shall be the authorized person to make claim on this consignment
because of his position government on which nO name was given by my father
as his foreignpartner. To this effect, I request to make the beneficiary
ofHis consignment in your name as foreign partner to Claim this consignment.

For your assistance, room is Open for negotiations. This is a risk free
transaction As my father deposited this valuable as a personalBelonging. In
this situation every process to completely move This valuable may not exceed
(3) working days,if your co-operation to assist is sort. I shall be very
Grateful to hear from you, all documents concerning This are intact with me,
please kindly reach me as Soon as possible trough my email address.

BEST REGARDS

William Sabbatta

please all dealings should be confidential.

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