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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: "Mark Sipho" <marksipho@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:01:32 -0800
Subject: Response Ms. Rilla Eber




Dear Ms. Rilla Eber,

I understand how you're feeling completely, hence the reminder in your email
today on what you stated on the commencement of this transaction.I can
perceive fret and confusion in your mail today. I can imagine what exactly
is going on in your mind.
As an advance man and older man you are, I understand how you feel.

I tell you this:I advice you not to heed your ears to side talk, knowing the
mind is quite a fragile chamber. When it hears/ receives much of Something
it tends on that direction. We have a delicate issue on our hands now, and
we don't have time to beat chest or put up the gibberish of policy of
stringency of word. It's time we stand firm together, because together we
will stand and divided we shall fall and fail in this our endeavour, and
that is not our motive towards this transaction.

This is not one of those transaction as you have claimed to have
experienced, i have spent 16 years planing this transaction to perfection
which is quite a long while and really take much to execute. My contact tell
is perfectly functiong properly as i recieve series of calls daily
internation and local calls. When dailing my contact tell you must first
dialing your international dailout code follow by 27 73 513 6063.

In the light of things, i advice that if you are interested in this
transaction to furnish me with the required details i ask for.

Regards

Mr. Mark Sipho.

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