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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: Venture Hmarts <venturehmarts@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:21:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Respond


Dear VICTIMNAME,
How are you doing my friend? hope everything is alright with you.
Well i write you this email in respect of the previous email i sent to you. The postion is still available and i would like to know if you are interested in transacting business with our company been our represetative in your province.
Take care as i anticipate to recieve your reply soon.
Best Regards,
Mr Ichiro Zhang
(Managing Director)




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