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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: "sarah boko williams" <johus_1@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: miss_sarah_williams@yahoo.ca
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 01:51:55 +0200
Subject: YOUR ATTE PLEASE /10.05MX

ATTN PLEASE:

My Dear, God Will Blesss You

I know you will be suprise to recieve this proposal from someone you have never seen
before. In a nutshell I am Miss Sarah Williams Boko 25yrs old.The Daughter of Late
Dr Williams ,who died alonge side with the former millitray leather of the federal
republic of Cote D' Ivoire,general Guei,during the coup attemt by the rebells,which
took the lifes of many people in my country. I am constrained to contact you because
of the maltreatment I,m receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all
my late father's treasury and properties away from me since the unexpected death of
my Father. Meanwhile I wanted to escape to the United Sates but she stoled my intern
ational passport and other valuable travelling documents.But luckily she did not disc
over where I hide my fathers deposite File where important documents are kept. So I
decided to run to Dakar Senegal for safety also to seek for asylum in the refugee
camp to contact you confidencially. She have even closed all my late father's , just
to put me into suffery and starvation. Now I urgently need an assistance of a reputable
and trustworthy Foreigner who will help me to retrieve this money deposited by my late
father in a Finance House, l and subsequently stand on my behalf, as the next of kin.
The money have been saved and deposited with a Finance House. He deposited the sum
of 10.5M US dollars (ten point five million united state dollars.)I am here with the
Deposite Certificate and the death certificate of my late father ,all will be sent
to you upon request as soon as i get you well, know body knows what i have and where
i am. It therefore became very necessary and urgent that somebody in your foreign
position should render a helping hand to safe-guard this fund for me in safe until
my arrival in your country.I am asuring you 100% rist free,and i have map out 15%
of the total money for your kind assistance while 5% will be kept aside for any misce
llaneous expenses incurred. This is the reason why I decided to contact you. Please
all communications(replies) should be through this email address
(ms_boko_williams@yahoo.ca) for confidentialpurposes.Please your urgent
responce will be highly appriciated.
Thanks
Miss Sarah. B. Williams

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