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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: "EDWARD LAURENT" <edwardserv@ciudad.com.ar> (may be fake)
Reply-To: edwardserv@yahoo.ca, edwardserv@ciudad.com.ar
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:58:41 +0100
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT

GOODMORNING ,

ATT:I 'm seeking for your assistance to safe my funds in your country.
I am a citizen of Liberia the first son of the late former Minister of Mines and Energy Mrs.GRACE EDWARD who was killed by rebels during the war in my country (LIBERIA). Before my mother's death she had a deposited funds in a financial security firm that she saved amount of money which she Made from offshore sale of diamond and gold for the name of our family and all relevant details of the consignment and the financial security company she save the money is here for the onward transfer which deposited(marked) as FAMILY TREASSURE .
After her death, I was able to move out from Liberia through the UNITED NATION cargo flight that Coven refugee from MONROVIA to Dakar Capital of SENEGAL, My mother left behind physical cash of ( $10.4 Million U.S Dollars ) which she made from offshore transaction and safely lodged it in the FINANCIAL HOUSE in Dakar, SENEGAL.
I am hereby soliciting your assistance to be my foreign partner,
adviser and you help me to invest this money in your country
because:
1) I do not know much about investment becuase i 'm twenty one years .
2) Please you are going to make arrangement for me to meet you
over in your country.
3) I request that you take three working days to visit me face to face in Senegal so that we can go to the financial house and retreive my funds under your advice and care as our foreign family partner.
Respectively, your urgent reply will be highly appreciated and all the necessary document of the deposited funds from the Financial Security Company are safe here.
In your reply, please include your private telephone and fax
numbers for easy contact. Looking forward to your response
Thanks and extend my greeting to your family.
Yours sincerely,
EDWARD LAURENT.
Email: edwardserv@yahoo.ca , edwardserv@ciudad.com.ar

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