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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: "FROM :MICHAEL AND ESTEL GEORGE / INVESTMENTS OF FUND" <michael_george1001@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: michael_george1001@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:18:27 +0100
Subject: FROM :MICHAEL AND ESTEL GEORGE / INVESTMENTS OF FUND

FROM :MICHAEL AND ESTEL GEORGE / INVESTMENTS OF FUND
NOTE:PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE E-MAIL BOX
BELOW; michael_george1001@yahoo.fr <mailto:michael_george1001@yahoo.fr>
E:MAIL:michael_george1001@yahoo.fr
Tell;+225 05 93 07 61.
Abidjan,Cote d'ivoire

Dear One ,
INTRODUCING OUR SELF, I AM MICHAEL AND MY SISTER NAME IS ESTELGEORGE , THE ONLY CHILDERN OF THE LATE MR AND MRS JOHNSON GEORGE .
We wish to request for your assistance in a financialtransaction.
Dear we get your contact from site.we wish to invest in Manufacturing and real estate management in your country.

we have Ten million,five houndred thousand united state dollarls.USD($10.500,000) to invest in the transaction and we will require your assistance in receiving the funds in your account in your country. we will gladly give you 20% of the total sum for your assistance.
please it is important you contact us immediately on our private e-mail address (michael_george1001@yahoo.fr <mailto:michael_george1001@yahoo.fr> for further explanation.

Awaiting your immediate response and God bless.
Regards
MICHAEL AND ESTEL GEORGE

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