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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: "john scott" <john_scott101@msn.com>
Reply-To: john101@omnimail.sm
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:07:15 +0000
Subject: hi

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr John Scott.I and some other reputable persons,
group of businessmen(men of like prospects in the raw
material processing and export sector) do engage in
the dealings of raw materials and their export into
foreign countries most likely Europe/America.
We are searching for potential and reliable
representatives who can help us eastablish a contact
medium of getting to our prospective costumers in
America/Europe as well as making payments through you
to us(Africa Raw Materials Company Plc).
I am hereby using this medium to seek for your genuine
assistance to be one of our esteemed representatives
over there.Please i will like you to get to me via
mail if you will be willing to offer your assistance
to this small organization of Raw Material Dealers in
transacting business over there and we(Africa Raw
Materials Company Plc) will be quite glad and as such
will hold your interest with utmost care, trust. You
can contact us via email(which is
john101@omnimail.sm for more information as
regards this quest for representatives over there.
Subject to your interest in assiting us(Africa Raw
Materials Company Plc)as a reliable link between
us(Africa Raw Materials Company Plc) and our clients
over there,We will be willing to pay to you
10%(negiotaible) out of every payment that is been
made to the company through your name as our
representative, since you will be helping us secure
payments from our prospective client in
Europe/America.
On my reciept of your acceptance/ willingness to front
as our Representative over there in Europe/America,I
will explain to you more vividly your roles/duties as
our representative and also how we can work out the
modalities to be good partners in business,Please if
you are interested, I will want you to establish a
contact with us(Africa Raw Materials Company Plc) as
quickly as possible as we are presently lacking a
stable and reliable representative over there.We will
appreciate if you could forward to us your direct
phone number/fax number so that we can contact you via
phone and likewise you in due time.I am looking
forward to recieving a mail from you.
My cell phone number that i could be reached at
anytime of the day is
Thanks,
Mr John Scott,
C.E.O, African Raw Materials Company Plc.

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