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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • rosebamba10102000@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <rosebamba10102009@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:24:44 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Rose Bamba

>From Rose Bamba
Tel:+22505103844.
My name is Rose Bamba I am ROSE with my twin younger brother John,My late Father Mr. Bamba was Oil Services Contractor Gabon National Oils.
Before the sudden death of my late father Recently He Informed that he has made a deposit of huge sum into a security and inssurance firm with my name as the next of kin, So I inherited a Subtentuial Amount which I will want to Invest in luctratives and profitable venture overseas.I am writing you this mail in confidence requesting your assistance in securing, a residence permit in your Country for Establishment and Investment porpose for and good relationship for our mutual benefits.Please I want want you to kindly give this proposal the seriouness and maximum attention it deserve for smooth achiement of the aim
This money was carefully Deposited by my late father in Sealed Trunk Luggage with one of the Well known Security and Finance firms in this region with out the consent of the officials that the exat content is money but it was decleared to be family valuables.
For your assistance you will receive 15 percent of the proceeds after the transfer of the deposit to your country and 5 percent to cover the cost of handling the transaction a fresh contract will be made to cover the investments which will be in your company or the company you will norminate.
Your urgent response will be appreciated, please email me directly; rosebamba10102000@yahoo.co.jp
Sincerely,
Thank you so much.
My sincere

ROSE AND JOHN BAMBA.



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