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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: "Ruth Barbara" <ruth4barbara@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ruth_shawu1@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:37:51 +0000
Subject: Hello,

Hello,

It’s my pleasure writing to you today. I am Ruth shawu from Zimbabwe,
Immediately after going through your profile I made up my mind to contact
you for long term relationship because you are my choice of trust and I see
nothing wrong with the choice I made in you as I am in a state of absolute
confusion I must reveal to you that my Dad was one of the leaders of (UNITA)
groups in the Republic of Zimbabwe, he was killed by the Government forces
recently on gun short together with my mother by un-identified person.

Before his dad death, he made known to us that he has a deposit with a
fiduciary firm here in dakar senegal the sum of $5.500.000.00 (Five Million
five hundred thousand US dollars) He stated that the content of the deposit,
so all the deposited documents I’m having here did not mentioned cash,
that means the holding company does not know the content and I will not want
them to know as it was not stated as a family treasure.

I came to Senegal because of the deposit and also coupled with the troubles
and suffering I was pasting through by my late father’s brother’s they
wanted to away everything that belongs my dad and kill me too. Because they
are working hand to hand with the people that killed my dad. To avoid them
attacking me down I manage to escape with all the documents that covers
thisdeposit here in Senegal, with the help of Catholic Missionary Sisters
under Red Cross. She was posted to Dakar Senegal and that is how I find
myself in Senegal.

Please now I need your assistance to help me claim and transfer the deposit
into your country, after the deposit has been secured in your care, you will
buy your ticket and come to Dakar and take me to your country.

As I read your reply, then I will email you with full details and all the
deposited documents that covers the deposit here in Senegal. Please as
you’re replying, do reply with your personal information’s, your telephone
number and your house contact address.

Thanks and take good care of yourself.

Yours lovely Ruth Barbara shawu

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