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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: Edith Charles <edith_0ch5@yahoo.co.th>
Reply-To: edith_0ch1@yahoo.co.th
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 01:12:32 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: CHARITY FOUNDATION GRANT FROM SISTER EDITH


Reply urgently,

Dear i'm contacting you to let you know my desire to esterblish a charity foundation in your country with this sum of US$2.500.000(two million five hundred thousand dollars)which i inherited from my late husband Mr laurent charles.

It's my desire to see that this money is invested to any organisation of your choice and distributed each year among the charity organistions such as mortherless babies homes, churches,schools,mosques, supporting destitude old men and women or what ever you may have in mind for benefit of lessfortunes.
I took this decision because i was raised from motherless babies home and presently i'm hospitalised here in (Abidjan)where i'm undergoing treatment for my upcoming breast cancer surgery oppresion.

As soon as i recieve your responce confirming your acceptance to the claim the deposit on my behalf,i will give all the relevant information that will authorise the realese and transfer of the money as my duly assign representative, Thank you in advance for your consideration and hoping to hear from you urgently.
Yours sister
Edith charles(mrs).


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