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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: "Mr Abu Bakar Bin Saud" <pastorpam@gonowmail.com>
Reply-To: williams_simon@live.com
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:02:20 -0500
Subject:


Hello

I am Mr AbuBakar Bin Saud from Malaysia .

Some years back,I invested some amount of money with an investor in Ontario , Canada and it has yielded some reasonable interest which is due payment.

I wanted the Due-funds transferred to my account by Swift, but the issuing company/Investor said that they cannot transfer more than Five Thousand Dollars to any bank account outside North America/south America within one month (30days).

Meanwhile, I have tried to open an account with Bank-One in Texas and Washington Mutual in California in United States but I need to be physically presence to sign the mandate. I must confess that this is not possible now because I am medically down to make such a long distance trip..

So,i was told to provide a contact in Canada,or United States of America to receive the funds on my behalf. I am in need of your assistance on this matter, if you could help receive the funds and forward to me.

Sincerely, you are not going to face any risk in rendering assistance. AND PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT YOU ARE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY ON THIS AND I WILL OFFER YOU 12% OF THE MONEY YOU RECEIVE ON MY BEHALF.

Once i received your response, I will send you the contact details of the investor in Canada so that you can open talk with him directly, All i need is your sincerity and just be honest with me.

Please contact me at once, if you feel interested by replying the e-mail.

Yours Truely,
Mr Abubakar Bin Saud.

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