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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
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Fraud email example:

From: "alhaji kamara" <alhaji_kqq14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alhajikamaramusa@excite.com
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:51:01 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS INVESTMENT

From:ALhaji Kamara
Rue 115, Medina
Guinea Conakry.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
I humbly wish to introduce myself as ALhaji Kamara,from the republic of
Guinea Conakry in Westhrenpart of Africa. I am the CEO of Goldyard
Investment WA.I am contacting you through this medium because I know that
you are into Gold and diamond business. I have a client who has a total of
$35 Million United Sates Dollars only to invest into any profitable
business.

My client is from Africa and was formerly a top military officer. He got
this money while he was still in office, now that he is retired and he
cannot just deposit the money into the bank or invest it without proper
sanitation and declaration of the source of the money.

I now contact you as a gold and diamond dealer to Immediately arrange for a
meeting with me and my client in order for us to reach an agreement for the
investment of this fund.We propose to hand over the total $35 Million USD to
you upon your arrival in order to commence in the business. We expect that
you will use this money to buy gold and diamonds from here in large
quantity, export them properly and then make the payment in the tone of the
total amount given to you into myclient’s designated bank account.My client
will be interested in any other profitable business you might think of.

Once I get your responds, I will flourish you with
details on how to go about this transaction.
Best Regards,
ALhaji Kamara

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