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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: "MISS BINTA WAHID" <binta@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: binta_wahid@voila.fr
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:04:05 +0000
Subject: PLEASE RESCURE MY LIFE

Good Day,
My name is Binta Wahid I am female,24 years old, from Sierra leone,West Africa,I am Single and I need your urgent assistance to help me process the shipment of my diamonds box out from Dakar city of Senegal to your Country, because i will like you to take me as your Sister or
adopt me as your daughter.
My parents had a Diamonds Mines field back home in Sierra leone,But the Rebels have taken over the diamonds mines field but I managed to escape to Senegal with some Diamonds of best quality whichiscurrently with the Security and Diplomatic Carrier Service Company here in Dakar Senegal for shipment.
I am seriously in great need of your assistance to help me ship out my diamonds box out from here to your country.My Diamonds box weight in question is 3.2Kg. and it is ranged from 3 to 45 Carats.It's Quality is VS-1,(H,Colour)and worths about US$21 Million Dollars after sales.
I will send you the Documents of my Diamonds and also my personal Photos and together with the Documents that power my Father to deal with diamonds, I will also give you more details on how you should help me for the Shipment to your country and also I will give you the Contact details of the Diplomatic Carrier Service Company for you to help me Contact them and process the Shipment of my Diamonds Box to your country.
Please, I await your very Urgent and Positive reply as soon as you recieve this message.Please, Also give me your personal phone and fax numbers so that I can contact you and also send you the Documents of my Diamonds by fax.Have a great day and extend my regards to your family.
Your sincerely,
Miss Binta Wahid.

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