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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: "Donald Collins" <donald67collins@yahoo.ie> (may be fake)
Reply-To: donald69collins@yahoo.ie
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 12:26:35 +0100
Subject: PLEASE I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU

Dear Sir,

My name is Donald Collins. from Sierra-Leone, the only son of Dr.Johnson Collins. Former Personal Assistance to the present Minister for Mines and Natural Resources in-charge of the diamond production sales in my country Sierra-Leone.

Unfortunately some years ago before the peace pact in my country, my father and his colleagues were killed by rebel group of Mr. Foday Sankoh during an inspection visit to the rich diamond mining area in the village of Izumba, where the rebels laid an ambush and open fire on the convoy killing my father and some of his colleagues who where on their way to the diamond mining zone.

Following the peace pact that was introduce by the united nation keeping force some months back, my mother deem it fit to say that it is right time for me to leave the country for safety and for europe or any other stable economic bloc with the 5.million us.dollars Five million dollars deposited by my late father in a finance house on my name as the next of kin or beneficiary, I want you to assist me so that i can transfer this money to your account for safe keeping pending our arrival to your country, to start up an investment in your country through your wise advice.

You will act as my international business representative and also my family business associate,so that i can transfer this money to your account for safe keeping.

I am now in Dakar-Senegal for the facilitation of this transaction.Please kindly communicate your acceptance or otherwise of this proposal through email address for us to discuss the modalities of seeing this transaction through.However, if you are not disposed to assist kindly destroy the letter in view of the families interest and personal security. I count on you greatly for your assistance.

Please,if where i contacted you is not okay with you,do not hesitate to tell me and provide another address where i will be contacting you.A good percentage awaits you for your assistance.

Please write me to my private email address


Expecting to hear from you soon.

My Regard ,

Donald Collins.


IN GOD WE TRUST

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