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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: ruthlamine@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:51:24 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=20=20Mrs=20RUTH=20LAMINE?=

(contact me at ruthlamine01@yahoo.com)
Deares,

I know that this mail may come to you as a surprise., I am a Sierra Leonean
National and the wife of late Dr LAMINE. Until his death, my husband was
the General overseer of the Diamond Mine in Kanema Sierra Leone. On April
6 2000 the military forces loyal to the Government of Ahmed TIJAN KABBAH
invaded the diamond mine and assassinated my husband, mistaking him for
his brother WESSE LAMINE who is the deputy to the leader of the revolutionary
United Front (RUF )FODAY SANKOH.

When the news reached me, I hurried gathered some valuables in our family
villa and escaped for my dear life in the company of my only son VINCENT.Among
the valuables was a file that
contained details of a deposit my husband made in a security company in
Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire. He deposited 12 million US dollars contained in 2
trunk boxes in the name of our son
ibrahim as containing family valuables money he made from the sale of Gold
and diamonds during his time as the General overseer.

Now that we are in Abidjan and verified the transaction, we need your assistance
to move this funds out of Côte d'Ivoire for investment in your country as
we cannot invest here due to its nearness to our country and the war still
going on there. We ask you to scout for a viable and lucrative business,so
that we can invest wisely. We have it in mind to give your 10% of the total
sum (12 million US Dollars), and 15% share in any investment we will embark
upon if you assist us. We will also set aside 5% of the funds for ancillary
expenses which you will make in course of this transaction- fax messages,phone
calls, air tickets etc.

This fortune we have revealed to you should remain confidential as it only
you who we have told about it. The email address below have been acquierd
for this transaction, so that your messages will be confidentially recieved.write
me on this mail address (ruthlamine01@yahoo.com) on receipt of this message
for futher directives. Note that this transaction is risk free.
Looking forward to hearing from you.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU
Mrs RUTH LAMINE



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