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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: "Mr.Smith Abbas" <drsmith_abbas@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: smithabbas@latinmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:34:31 +0100
Subject: From Mr.Smith Abbas

Requesting your Assistance.
Atten:
Kindly allow me the modesty of introducing myself. I am MR. SMITH ABBAS,the son of DR. SMITH W.ABBAS the former adviser to the presidant of Liberia.

I am contacting you in order to ask for your assistance on this confidential business proposal/relationship with full financial benefit for both of us. Before I go into further details please be informed that I am writing without any other person(s) pre-knowledge of my contacting you on this transaction. Therefore I will appreciate same attitude to be maintained. Our bond is this transaction is TRUST.

I have the sum of USD26 Million from a secret sale of Diamond by my father before he died on January 5th 2002 following a heart attack which I will like you to receive on my behalf due to security reasons regarding his position in government, as my narration below will explain. But before I continue be well informed that your share in this transaction if accepted by your person has been calculated at 25% of the total sum of USD$26Million, 5% for expenses and the rest for my family and I.

Now my mother and I are left with inheritance of my late father's wealth. Our situation is seriously critical that we need your assistance to help us receive these funds overseas for proper investment. I am a third year political science student in the university I am not quite exposed to foreign business like this so we need your advise hence I write to you with hope and trust that you will wellcome my email proposal without being confused and that you will be trustworthy to me.

Let me quickly assure you the 100% safe proof of this transaction because we have all the Documents regarding this deposit which I will send to you as soon as you agree to recieve this funds on our behalf.

At present the money is deposited and is secured with a holding company under deposit account in Cotonou - Republic of Benin, I am waiting for your swift and favorable response, and in case you have any question(s), do not hesitate to contact me.

You can also contact me directly to my private email address, or you can call my phone number,So that we can have verbal discussion.

Best egards,
Mr. Smith Abbas.
Tel +229 05 17 26.

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