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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: sisteranna@terra.com.mx
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:07:41 +0100
Subject: Urgent Need

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Madam Anna Donna from serrie-loene writing you from Cotonou, I beleive
by God grace I got your contact in confidence After asking for God's directions,Despart
I never disclose why I needed your contact to any body.

I wish to know if you can assist us in by removing and handling both ourfund
of US$18.500 (eighteen and five million dollars)and (2500,0kg of gold dust)in
investment Presently the fund and gold is still in the Security Trust Company,
where my late husband deposited it for safe keeping and my husband never
disclose the content to the company he only declear it as"family treasure"So
the company do not know the content to be dollars.Since you are involved
in
assiciated business in your country, I and my son will love if we will invest
our fund in your lined of business and you help us look for A buyer of gold
over there, Since we do not know any body in Eruope,and we don't want to
do anything here in Africa.

I and my son is in need of a God fearing person who will assist us receive
this fund in Eruope or America, where we will invest it properly with the
person's advice.Actually I do not want involovement of any African because
of our safty becouse they killed my husband.If you can assist us recive
this fund, kindly send to me your phone number with fax, your full name
and address for us to get you approved as our beneficiary,because we want
to finalise this in five or six day from today.

Please let me know if you are interested to assist us so that I will send
to you phone number of my son for you to call him and discuss on the persentage
we will offer you also send you the Certificate of Deposit and the Contract
aggreement which my late husband deposited the consignment with for our
both trust and confidence. Hope to receive your reply today.Please reply
to my privacy email box:madamanna2003@yahoo.co.uk


Yours faithfully,

From Madam Anna

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