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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: Sgt Thomas <sgt.to.allen@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:31:07 -0600
Subject: Attention........Urgent reply



Hello Friend,Hope you are doing fine? My name is ( SGT 1ST CLASS ) THOMAS ALLEN HOFF, I am an American soldier, serving in the millitary army's 3RD Infantary division.I would like to entrust a sum of about $15 M. USD on you and I am ready to compensate you with 20% of the total money. It is no stolen money,it is a share I got from the money found by my partner and I, we found this money in a box in a Farmhouse near one of Saddam's old palace in TIKRIT-IRAQ during a rescue operation. I need you to help keep this fund as I do not want to keep the money in my possesion right now to avoid suspicions from our government.Please check this below link;http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35080-2003Apr24I am still here in Iraq,I need to get out the funds from here as ASAP for security/safety reasons, I can transfer it to you as quickly as possible. And as soonas I leave here, I'd come over to meet you.Please, Only attend to a message you are sure is from me due to the various kind of risk/fraud that could arise from Internet fraud. So let me know as soon as possible if this is possible , reply via my private email contact: sgt.tomalen@yahoo.comRegardsSgt.Thomas Alen Hoff
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