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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: "mikeafotey@terra.es" <mikeafotey@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:46:56 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: A Call For Business Partnership"


Dear Sincerely,
A Call For Business Partnership"

I am Mike Afotey, I got your e-mail contact through my search as a reliable person and I decided to contact you for a business proposal that will be of great benefit to you and my family.

To lighten you on this, My Sister and I will like to invest in your Country/Firm a huge amount of $26.000.000.00 Million dollars which is an inheritance from our late Father, if you are interested in this project please kindly reply soonest to enable us give you the details.

We look forward to your response.

Best Regards
Master Mike Afotey.





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