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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: "Florance Buba" <florancebubaa@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 04:15:44 -0700
Subject: Oh My Friend,


Oh my friend=2C

Nice Meeting You=2Ci wanna be your friend=2EFirst friendship cannot be seen or even be touched=2Cit must be felt within the heart=2EHoping you feel just the way i do=2Ewow=2C friends are like clothes=2C without them you feel naked!I guess am right=2E
Miss Florance Buba=2CI will tell you more about me=2C my family and all that maybe necessary in this relationship when you reply to this mail=2EIf this interest you=2C get back to me on my email =3A=28florancebubaa=40yahoo=2Ecom=29
Yours dearly=2C
Flora=2E

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