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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: princess mabou <princess_006mabou@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:10:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hello dear


Dearest,


How was your night over there in your country and the
day,i believe you had a nice night and that the arthmosphere over there
in your country is very nice today? Mine was a little bit warm over
here in Dakar Senegal .


=A0


I am=A0=A0 miss princess The durghter of Dr.Ephraim Mabou, the formal Chair=
man

of National Diamond mining co-operation in Ivory Coast who was killed
during the crisis in my country. Due to the persistence war in Ivory
Coast=A0 my family and I now move to the Republic of senegal to seek
refugee.While in Senegal , I came across your contact, which i'm very
sure you can handle my needs you are the one i want to spend the rest of my=
life with .
=A0




It was only me that is
alive now and I managed to make my way to a near by country SENEGAL
where i am leaving now as a refugee under a Revrend father's care and i
am using his computer to send these message to you.


=A0


I would
like to know more about you.Your likes and dislikes,your hobbies and
what you are doing presently.I will tell you more about myself in my
next mail.Attached here is my picture.


Hoping to hear from you soonest


Yours forever,

Princess

=20
=20
=20
=20

=0A=0A=0A

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