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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: "MAJOR FREDRICK MUMBA" <mafeba@go.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fredrickprivacy@zwallet.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 01:24:35 -0800
Subject: PLEASE READ THIS AND REPLY,THANK YOU.

Hello,
You may be surprised to receive my letter. I got your contact
from the the internet during my desperate search for a saviour and
a partner. I have decided to contact you for confidential, urgent and
rewarding joint business.
My name is Major Fredrick Mumba , I am a Personal Assi embatled President
of Liberia, CHARLES TAYLOR.We both left our country to
seek assylum in a neigbouring country as a result of the opposition party
activities and intervention of other African countries. The purpose of
writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and
honest person,whom I can entrust the sum of US$18,000,000 in his/her
care.
This money is presently in care of a security company in Europe,they are
the one that help move the money out of Liberia at the outbreak of the
strugle for power that as put my country into georpardy in the last few
months. According to my earlier agreement with the security company in
charge,i am suppose to meet them in their office on the 1st of october
2003 but i could not travel out of our host country where I am on
assylum, hence I am asking for your assistance to help take delivery of
this fund into your care pending when I will secure travel documents to
come over to your country.
If you accept this offer we shall share the money as follows:For you,
25%, 75% for me. I have all the title documents to the fund,
which I can transfer to you to enable you, have access to it. Be assured
that is risk-free and legitimate.

Please advise me on your position by e-mail immediately, indicating
your phone and fax numbers.I await your prompt reply.
Major Fredrick Mumba

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