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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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  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "seanbj@terra.es" <seanbj@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:54:09 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CLASSIFIED ASSISTANCE



Dear Friend,

I sincerely hope that after you read this mail you will respond to my call, let me start by introducing myself my name is Robert.B. Sean. I am 70 years old, a British living in West Africa. I am a businessman and own two companies here in Ouagadougou, married with two children. My wife and two children had a fatal car accident subsequently died six years ago. Before this incident my life internally depend on my business for self sustenance as well, for I appreciate life as well never really cared about other values in life since the loss of my family, I have found a new philanthropic desire to assist helpless needies.

I have been dedicating my service in helping orphans in motherless homes; I visit and donate money to orphans in Sudan, America And some Asian countries. Before I became ill, I kept some money, Ten Million Three Hundred Thousand dollars ($10.3million) to be precise in a long term deposit account in a Finance House.

Presently, I'm suffering from an illness and hospitalized my doctor told me I have prostate cancer that I living by grace, few months to live. It is my last wish to see that I disburse the money I kept to charity organizations? Because so much of my wealth has been plundered by relatives and friends since my protracted illness, hence I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them since the funds in the Finance House is the last money that I have left. Right now I am partially stranded in the hospital due to the nature of my sickness so I am appealing to you to help, assist me collect ,retrieve the deposit from the Finance House and disburse or use it for philanthropic purposes among st charitable institutions.

I would want you to use your discretion to disburse the money and keep 20% of it for your gratuity. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you might have incurred during the process of collecting and distributing the money to charity organizations. May the good Lord bless you and your Family?

Please reply to this mail as I can only communicate through my laptop which is by my bed, as soon as I get your response I shall then give you the necessary information you need to collect this money.If you really want to asist me please send in you information to proceed:

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God bless you.

Mr. Robert.B. Sean





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