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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: "Mr. Roland Tsepho " <tsepho33@me.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:42:26 -0700
Subject: Thank You

Hello,
I am a financial consultant/Auditor. A client of mine died in 2003, Kenya plane crash and he has a lodgment fund of US$27.7M. And no one
knows about the funds,If you are interested, forward your names and cell Phone/fax, profession, age and country so I can contact you on. My client name is Dr. George Brumley, you can confirm.
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/07/21/Worldandnation/12_Americans_die_in_K.shtml
Thank You
Mr. R. Tsepho.

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