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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: "AMINA SARRI" <aminasarri@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: amina_sarri@fastermail.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:45:25 +0000
Subject: treat urgent,

Dear ,

I know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but it as an
emergency
nation high commission for refuge with my mother.

I got your contact during a desperate search here in DAKAR SENEGAL for
a
family and the next of kin.

The Bank have approved to transfer the fund deposited on my name but we
are looking for a trust and reaible foreign partner who will assist us
to transfer and inves the fund in his country. i was advice to live
with my mother to DAKAR SENEGAL West Africa because i was the next target
as the
onlyDAUGHTER of my family. All the vital documents will be fax to you
as our foreign partner who will recive the fund for the investment.

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
is all our hope since my late father died. I am giving you the offers
as
in your company. Secondly, we shall also take 5% out for any
miscelleneous
expenses that may occure during the transfer.

mother. All documents covering the fund are safe and intact with us
here in DAKAR SENEGAL

yours DAUGHTER,
AMINA & MotherTop of Form 1

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