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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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  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Ms Suria Abdul" <suriaabdul@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:31:51 +0800
Subject: joint investment proposal

Dear sir,
I have been searching for an honest, reliable andsincere business partner, only if you
can be trusted not to break an agreement? I offer yoy this proposal of mine of which my
whole life depend on. My name is Miss Suria Abdul, the daughterof Mr. Behkikaban
ahmad of blessed memory from Zimbabwe, During the current crises against the farmers
in zimbabwe from the supports of President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white- owned
farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender
all farms to his party members and his followers. My father is One of the most
successful multy farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe`s
ideas, Mugabes supporters invaded his farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing
him and made away with a lot of items in my fathers farm. Before his death, my father
had deposited with FINANCE HOUSE IN ASIA the sum of (USD $6.5 MILLION).
After the death of my father, I decided to move to Republic of senegal where I
re-located under political asylum as a refugee to seek for foriegn patner overseas that
will assist me to move this money out of THE FINANCIAL HOUSE to your country as I have made up my mind to invest and live in your country. As an asylum seeker I am not allowed to operate any Bank Account within senegal.I have agreed tooffer you 10% of the total sum for your assistance as
soon as the money get`s into your account while 5% will be mapped out for any
expences that may be incurred in the course of this transaction both local and
international. I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please treat this transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out come of
it. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal phone and fax numbers and
also your private e-mail address for easy and urgent communication. Note that this
transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely confidential.
Thanks and God
bless you.
Sincerely Yours,
SURIA ABDUL.

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