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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: mira clarks <miclarksay@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <miclarkss01@yahoo.cm>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:11:07 -0500
Subject: with love and trust



My Dearest , Goodday to you and how are you getting on?.I do hope that you are catching up with the goodies of the day in full. My name is Mira Clarks daughter of formal advicer to the president of Cote D'Ivoire. I am living in the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal. Its just like one staying in the prison and I hope by Gods grace I will come out here soon.I don't have any relatives now whom we can go to all our relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only little brother is with me.I am leaving in the women's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men the other for women. As a refugee here I don't have any right or privilledge to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country.I want to go back to my studies because I only attended my first year before the traggic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place.Please listen to this, my father deposited some amount of money in a leading bank in Europe which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $5,450.000 (Five Million, Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars). So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your country and from it you can send some money for me to get my travelling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you.I kept this secret from people in the camp here .So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone becuase I am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it. Remember I am giving you all this information due to the trust I deposed on you.I know you are an honest and understanding person,truthful, and hardworking. My favourite language is english but our language is french but I speak english very fluently.Meanwhile I will like you to reply me like I said I have alot to tell you Have a nice day and dont forget what I just told you.
Awaiting to hear from you soonest
Yours Forever in love, Miss Mira Clarks.
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