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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: asminn@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:54:42 +0200
Subject: URGENT FROM MRS JASMINN TAYLOR

Dearest

I know that this mail may come to you as a surprise.,I am a Sierra Leonean
National and the wife of late Dr TAYLOR. Until his death, my husband was
the General overseer of the Diamond Mine in Kanema Sierra Leone.

On April 6 2000 the military forces loyal to the Government of ,Ahmed TIJAN
KABBAH invaded the diamond mine and assassinated my husband, mistaking him
for
his brother WESSE TAYLOR who is the deputy to the leader of the revolutionary
United Front (RUF )FODAY SANKOH.When the news reached me, I hurried gathered
some valuables in our family villa and escaped for my dear life in the company
of my only son VINCENT.

Among the valuables was a file that contained details of a deposit my husband
made in a security company in Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire. He deposited 12 million
US dollars contained in 2 trunk boxes in the name of our son Vincent as
containing family valuables money he made from the sale of Gold and diamonds
during his time as the General overseer. Now that we are in Abidjan and
verified the transaction, we need your assistance to move this funds out
of Côte d'Ivoire for investment in your country as we cannot invest here
due to its nearness to our country and the war still going on there. We
ask you to scout for a viable and lucrative business, so that we can invest
wisely.

We have it in mind to give your 10% of the total sum(12 million US Dollars),
and 15% share in any investment we will embark upon if you assist us. We
will also set aside 5% of the funds for ancillary expenses which you will
make in course of this transaction- fax messages, phone calls, air tickets
etc. This fortune we have revealed to you should remain confidential as
it only you who we have told about it. The email address below have been
acquierd for this transaction, so that your messages will be confidentially
recieved.

Note that this transaction is risk free.Looking forward to hearing from
you.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU
Mrs Jasminn Taylor





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