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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: "AMAL MOHAMMED" <talk2dayod1@37.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: m_amal01@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 00:28:26 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS

Hello,
My name is Amal Mohammed. i am from somalian city mogodusho. am 19 years old.
i lost my father and my mother when i was 16 years old in a plane cratch. My father is a businessman and my mother is an air hostress.
They left an amount up to $18.5m(USD), but am a little girl. i transfer the money to the security company in Nerdland.
But, before i proceed can i trust you as i think?. i left somalia to Nerdland to seek for refugee and they sent me back to somalia, but my money is still in the coustody in the security company in Nerdland, but unknowingly for the security company.
i mean the security company didn't know what is in the safe box which i only have the password and right to open it.
Why i am writing you this mail is that like i said above i need a reliable man that i can trust to assist me in claming back my money from the security company. What i really need from the person is just to assist me to clam back my money and i am ready to bear any expenses
and also i willn't mind to reward the person if he can do this little favour for me.

25% of the money will be for him
5% will be for the expensies and inconvinences he has made
70% will be for me.

If you think you can render this little favour and i can relia on you i will be more than happy if you can write back and i will explain more better to you.
If you deside to help me i will forward the necessary document you will need because i will need to transfer the money into our name as the owner so that there will be no difficulty for you to claim the money from the security company.
Remember am just a little girl of 19 and this is the only property my both parent left for me and its my life so i want you to asure me that i can count and have strong trust in you before we proceed, and if you want me to trust you and you really want to assist me i will like you to forward the below details of your so that i can know whom and dealing with.
The information i want from you are your:

1, FULL NAME
2, FULL STREET ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL/ZIP CODE
3, BOTH CELL & LAND PHONE NUMBER
4, YOUR BIOGRAPHY PAGE OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT (PHOTOCOPY)

So i will be waiting to hear back from you and may God bless you as you assist me.
Counting to haer from you soonest.
Sincerely Regards
Amal.

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