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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: daniella martins <lordrumens@rediffmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:23:30 +0000
Subject: urgent message

Tel:+874 763 432 270
Fax:+874 763 432 271
 
Attn:Sir/Madam,
How are you and Your Family ? Hope Well.Thats Fine. Pardon me, I know you dont know me, But this is a Good chance for us to Know each Other. I am Seeking your Assitance in a Transaction that Involves my Family's.I have sent a Total of 3 Mails to you in the 3 Days. I know you must be busy and you might Find it Difficult to reply my Mails, but if You can give me your Number i can Call you at your Free time.

my previous Mails contained Information about the Assistance I need for you to do for My Family, I am a Widow with 2 Kids and my brother Inlaw (Rumens).We are From Angola, I lost my Husband there, which is On Reasons i have contacted you.
We could no Longer Stay in Angola due to some reasons beyond our Control.My Husband a Traditional Ruler, at the Time of His Handing Over the Post to the Next Man, got Involved in some sort of Mis-understanding that Cost his Life.

We had to leave, It was No Longer safe, Just for the Future of My Family.We had to Leave for Mauritus to Escape the Pressure and knowing Fully Well,How hard it was going be for us in Another World, An Island in the Indian Ocean.From here we have been trying to Contact you via the Internet and its not easy. But i have hope we would get Connected to you some day.From Here we have also Managed to radio our Friend and Sympathizers back in Angola. With the Help of Rumens my Brother Inlaw. We managed to get some Money to start our lives afresh. Most of the Money are From the Land Area my Husband Had. Some we sold and some we have Precious Stones Mining Sites.We had to let all that Go Down the Drain, But we made Twenty.Five Million US Dollars(25,000,000) for selling out all we hope on, So i only Hope is this Funds too.

We had to lodge the Funds under the Security of a Security Outfit here in Maurtius, which is our Present Location, we were making arrangements to contact for Help, So you can Help us in getting this Funds overseas so we could start a New Life. Please we are Innocent people Trying to make a Living.We need a change of Enviromrnt because we have seen the Worst here and For the Children most especially, I feel they Need to relocate.With the funds we have managed to raise and your Help, I beleive you would be saving our Souls.Please dont let us waste away.Imagine, what my kids could be in Future if they could just reach for that Helping Hand which you could offer. The Banking System in Mauritius has not joined the International Banking System, where we can Tranfer this Funds to our desired designated accounts oveseas. We need someone who we can trust like you on the International Level, since we haven,t had the Chance to own foriegn Accounts.

 We will pay For your Services, We will give you a Certain Percentage.I am willing to give you give you a certain percentage of this fund. I will be happy if you could serve as our guardian. We live like refugees here in Maritius, because its not our home, we pray we can work this out a quick as possible, so we can eventually have peace. Please its no longer safe here anymore for me, i don't even know what the future holds for my kids,they have stopped school for 5 months now.

Please try to forward me a phone number i can reach you so i can give you more details on the exact role which is required of you for the successfully conclusion of this transaction's I look forward to your earliest response,Please I need your help and I believe with your help my life and that of my family will be safe.
Thank You
Daniella

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