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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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• 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.
  • ms.mjns@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Mariama Jones <ms.mjns3@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:36:26 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Hello


Hi,

Compliments of the day. i came across your contact address while searching for someone to help us to invest. My mother was searching for a foreign partner to help us invest and to relocate, before she died of cancer 2 months ago here in senegal.

Our fathers lawyer is the only one we have now and our mother did not trust him 100% when she was alive, thats why I am looking for the third party to help us. The lawyer want us to settle here in west africa but our mother disagreed and we do not like to settle here too. So we want you to help as our partner in your country, to relocate our money for investment to help us relocate too to you country to start a new life.

Please if you can help me and my brother try to reply me urgently so that we can tell you more about us and introduce you to the Lawyer as our partner. then we can also discuss your benefit for the assistance.

I am Waiting eagerly to hear from you.

Please i like you to email me on my mail box (ms.mjns@yahoo.com)
Regards
Mariama


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