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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: "ROSE THOMAS" <rosettasarr@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:35:26 +0000
Subject: URGENT HELP NEEDED


DEAR SIR,
I know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but it is as an emergency
to our condition with my mother here in Dakar Senegal. Be bless as you help
me and my mother to transfer and invest our money in your country.My name is
ROSETTA SARR with My Mother from the republic of Sudan in Central Africa Dafur,
now seeking for refuge in DAKAR,SENEGAL.under the(UNHCR)united nation high
commission for refugee with my mother.

I got your contact during a desperate search here in Dakar,Senegal for a possible
investment transaction. My (late) father HON DR. ALMAMMY SARR, who was the
former minister of finance and economy in Sudan before he was assasinated by
the rebels in the captal city of Khartoon 2003. And all our properties was
totally destroyed. However, we managed to escape with some of my father's
documents covering $8.500.000 US dollars(Eight Million Five Hundered
Thousand us dollars Only) which he deposited safely in a SECURITY AND FINANCE company here in Dakar,Senegal West Africa on my name as the only daughter of the family and the next of kin.

Meanwhile,we are saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foriegn
personality to help us transfer the money and invest it in his country and
into his possession pending our arrival to meet with him. Furthermore, we
only want this done this way because your country is politically stable for
any profitable investment and only if you accept our proposal, you will
serve as the beneficiary of the fund on commencement of this proposed
transactions.

You will send me and my mother a letter of inviation to enable us to get a
visa and fly down to your country once the fund is been transfer to your
country.i hope you will not betray me and my mother because this money is
all our hope since my late father died. I am giving you the offers as
mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist us, we have
decided to invest 70% of the total fund based on equity participation in
your company. Secondly, we shall also take 5% out for any miscelleneous
expenses that may occure during the transfer while 25%will be for you.

I hope to read from you soon.
Yours Faithfully,
Rosetta Sarr

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