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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: "anita brown joseph" <anitabrownjoseph2@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: anitabrownjoseph2@walla.com
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:41:57 +0200
Subject: hello

Dear ,

I got your contact from the Ecowas Infomation Center
in Senegal.My sources of your contact gave me the
courage and confidence.It is my pleasure to contact
you for a business venture which I intend to establish
in your country, though I have not met with you before
but I believe one has to risk confiding in success
sometimes in life. I am Mis Anita Brown Joseph,the
daughter of the former minister for DEFENCE and
INTERIOR.There is this huge amount of US$6.8million
(SIX MILION EIGHTHUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS)
which my late father kept for us in the security company
here in senegal dakar before he was piosioned to death
by his business associate.

Now I and my younger brother have decided to invest
these money in your country or anywhere save enough
outside Africa for security and political reasons. We
want you to help us claim and retrieved these fund from
the Fiduciary Fund Holders and Transfer it into your
personal account in your country for investment purposes
on profitable ventures. If you can be of an assistance to us,
we will pleased to offer you 20% of the total fund. while we
have set aside 10% of the total fund for any expenses
incur by you during the process. I await your soon response
through our private mailbox:

Your house Addres........................
Your Phone Number ..................................
Your Fax Number ...............................
N.B. Upon your interest, I will forward you the security
company contact immediately .

Respectfully yours,
Anita Brown Joseph.

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