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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: "Mike Richards"<mrichards@investor.com>
Reply-To: <richards2164@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:43:52 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT

Hello Friend,

I am Mike Richards.A family friend of mine,a wife of a late banker
intimated me on her intention to invest the sum of USD$21M in a foreign
country,being money left for her family by her late husband who is dead.I
advised her to have patience as I will source for a reliable and
trust-worthy person or investor who can receive, invest and manage the money very well for her.

Are you interested please get back to me Asap.

Mike Richards.

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