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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: "sandra mohamed" <aidsandra01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: aidsandra@o2.pl
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:47:55 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

from sandra mohamed
please reply me here:aidsandra@o2.pl

Dearest One,

Is my pleasure to write this mail to you and to say thanks for your effort
in providing an opportunity to read my mail. I got your contact when i was
making some searches in Sierra Leonian chamber of commerce .

My name is MS. SANDRA .O. MOHAMED , a Sierra Leonian refugee now resident
in South Africa. I was until recently the wife of Mr Umar Mohamed, one of
the personal aides to the president of the federal government of sierra
leone that was over thrown in a military cou de tat led by major Kromah.

And in the course of the action my husband and many other aides of the
president were executed\ killed leaving me a widow and two kids. It is
worthy to note that during my husband's life time he used his position as a
special aide to the president to amass some wealth totaling to US$6.2million
.This money was realized from the sales of gold and diamond, which are the
country's major resources and sources of income. And before his death, my
husband was able to send this money via a South African diplomatic contact
to secured with a security company as a FAMILY TREASURE and my name was
used as the depositor in view of my husband position as an insider in the
government. Now , that i have passed through the mourning ordeal for my
husband I am in South Africa thinking and planning the next step to take
with respect to how and where to invest the money.

So my aim of sending this mail to you is to solicit your assistance in
transferring this money to your country where it could be invested in a
viable business for our mutual benefit. Please observe utmost
confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be profitable
for both of us. However for your humble assistant you are entitled to 30%
while 60% for me and 10% is set aside for unforeseen expenses.Please forward
the following inforamtions for immediate processing of the money in your
favour.
1 YOUR COMPLETE FULL NAME
2 YOUR HOME OR COMPANY ADDRESS
3 YOUR HOME TELEPHONE AND PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER (CELL PHONE)
4 YOUR AGE/OCCUPATION AND PRESENT COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
I look forward to receiving your urgent reply to my plea and do feel free to
ask if you have any question. Alternative email;

Best Regard,
SANDRA O MOHAMED


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