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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: "Amy Ndiaye" <amyndiaye@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: amyndiayebaby@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:33:30 +0100
Subject: =?ascii?B?U1BBTT86ICBIb3cgYXJlIHlvdSBk?= =?ascii?B?b2luZyB0b2RheSA/?=

Dear Manager/director,

My name is Miss Amy Ndiaye, i am 23yrs old lady from Sierra leone,Africa.Please, i have contacted you because of the problem that i am having over claiming my inherited money from a financial institution.I have been asked to get a reliable foriegn partner who can help me and stand for me because i am here as a refugee and it is against the law for a refugee to do such a financial transaction that worths over 7 million dollars.Please, reply back to me if you are willing to help me and i will be glad to give you more details to contact the financial institution for the transaction.

thanks and God bless.
your's truly,

Miss Amy Ndiaye.

Anti-fraud resources:

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