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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: samson kimoo <ps_kimoo1803@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:51:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RE;12TH JUNE 2006 //BZ PROPSEE//


My dear friend,

Good day to you.I am happy to express this message to you.I am MR
SAMSON KIMOO the manager of a prime bank in africa.In the course of a
routine audit excersize in my branch of the bank an excess profit amount of
$9.3million usd was discovered.This amount could not be reconciled and this is
known to only me and the auditors.I am contacting you to help me
transfer this money out of africa quickly.As a civil servant i cannot operate
an overseas account and the amount is too large to be transfered into a
local account,that is why i am contacting you to work with me on this.

Please reply to me with your private email address and your direct
phone number so that i can explain more to you and give you the bank name
and my phone number and to discuss what your share will be.Write to me
now ! I am waiting anxiously.

MR SAMSON KIMOO


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