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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: jd_robert@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:21:59 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Waiting=20for=20your=20reply=2E?=

Dear Friend,

How nice and wonderful it is to have your contact details and I am instantly
writting to you, because I have a need,which finding solution to it has
keep me awake even when I supposed to be asleep.

I am Jonathan Diallo Robert.I urgently need your assistance,in the Relocation
of Investment on trust.I have title to a Bequeath secured in Ghana,by my
late father Gen. Robert,the former Military ruler of Sierra-Leone.

I will need your assistance in the retrieval of the Bequeath(box containing
USD$12 million deposited in a Finance House in Ghana and investment of same
on a secured investment in your country.

Ever since the death of my father,I and my junior sister have been residing
in Ghana under refugee status and also the situation in Sierre-Leone is
still unpredictable.I am ready to offer you 20% of the USD$12 Million for
your assistance.
Please reply through this email:jd_robert004@myway.com

Revert urgently and and God bless you.

Jonathan Diallo Robert.




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