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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: "shehu mohamed" <mohamed_250002@yahoo.com.au> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:20:38 +0400
Subject: i believe you will help me.

Dear Friend,

I know this letter will come to you as a surprise; but this letter is borne out of my desire to establish a mutual business relationship with you,

I am Mr Shehu Mohamed the son of Dr Ibrahim Mohamed the former deputy finance minister under the ousted civilian government in Sierra Leone. My father was killed and mutilated by the military junta led by Major Paul Koroma after over throwing the elected government of President Tejan Kabba. Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events disturbances in Sierra leone, but the,pressure of war drove me and my mother out of Sierra Leone into exile in Sharjar UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Where we have been living under political asylum for three years now.

Sadly, my mother died of cancer three [3] months ago and was buried here in United Arab Emirates. Prior to her death, she handed over to me a certificate meant for a secret deposit which my father made in a security/finance company over sea.

This deposit is worth [US $ 18.500.000.00]eighten Million five hundred thousands United States Dollars, and this money is in cash. My father made this deposit in the heat of the conflict then in my country, with the hope to convert it[money] to his personal use at the end of the war, unfortunately he was killed when the conflict intensified as result of his opposition to the rebel forces.

After my mother's funeral, I contacted the security company to confirm this deposit and establish ownership , this sum of U.S$18,500,000.00 (eighten million five hundred thousands dollars)
I am seeking for your honest and sincere participation in the retrievement and reinvestment of this money since i don't have the reqiured amount to bring it out from the security firm as it's still accumulating more demurrages.

Also I cannot do it alone due to my complete ignorance of the business world, more over I am only 27 years old I will give you a negotiable percentage of the principal sum in deposit if you assist me to retrieve and reinvest this money in any profitable area of business in your country.

Please, I need your assistance urgently, because the more this consignment [BOX] is still with the company, the more the demurrage accumulates.
Please your urgent responce is needed.

God Bless You,
your's faithfully

Shehu Mohamed.

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