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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: "Mr. Robert Barris" <robertbarris@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:53:39 +0000
Subject: Wildlife painting for my wife

Hello There,
Good morning to you. I want to inquire if you could make a lovely
painting for my wife by January.The kind of painting i want is either a
oil,acrylic or water based painting showing a wildlife with Ocean and
perhaps a tree and sunset.The size could be around 20 by 16 inches to be
framed.I want to know how much this will cost me and i guess i am
considering a budget range of between $1,100-$1,300.Please get back to me
soon with any possibility on this and if within your own professional
capacity,you can come up with something more lovely than
this,please contact me soon.

Robert Barris



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