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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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: hassane maiga <hassane25@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:28:52 +0100 (CET)
Subject: bonjour


Bonjour chers (es) correspondants (es)
C’est un SOS que je lance dans l’intention de toucher des personnes de bonnes volontés que je viens vers vous pour vous exposer le car de ce bovin né malformé qui as besoin de l’aide de tous pour pourvois survive .C’est vraiment un car rare qui nécessite une assistance .Merci pour votre compréhension
Recevez mes salutations les plus sincères


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