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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: "MAGRET LAMINE" <magret_lamine1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: drmagret_1@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:19:56 -0700
Subject: Your profile impressed me believing you

Dear sir,

I wish to solicit your help in migrating to your country and investing my
funds.

Briefly, I am a Sierra Leonean National and the wife of late Dr SIMON
LAMINE.

I got your contact from the Ecowas chamber for information. Your profile
impressed me believing you will be able to handletransaction of this
magnitude.

Before his death, my husband was the General overseer of the diamond
Minining in Kanema Sierra Leone.

In April 2000 the military forces loyal to the Government of Ahmed TIJAN
KABBAH invaded the diamond mine and assasinated my husband, mistaking him
for his brother MIKE LAMINE who is the deputy to the leader of the
revolutionary
united front (RUF) Foday SANKOH.

When the news reached me, I hurriedly gathered some valuables in our
family villa and escaped for my dear life in the company of my only son
HENRY.


Among the valuables was a file that contained details of a deposit my
husband made in a security company in! DUBAI (UAE) He deposited $35.3
Million
US dollars contained in one trunk box in the name of our son HENRY as
containing family
valuables.

Now that we are in Abidjan and verified the transaction,we need your
assistance to move this funds out of DUBAI for investment in your country as
we cannot invest here due to its nearness to our country and the war still
going on there.


We ask you to scout for a viable and lucrative business.We are going to give
you 30% share in any investment we will embark upon if you assist us.We
shall also set aside 5% of the funds for miscelleanous expenses whichyou
might make in course of this transaction-fax messages,phone calls, air
tickets.

This fortune we have revealed to you should remain confidential as it is
only you who have been contacted for this transaction, so that your messages
will be confidentially received.


Note that this transactions is risk free! .

Best regards

Dr. Mrs.Magret Lamine

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