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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: "ISHATOU KABAH," <ishatou_k22@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ishatou_k2@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:37:20 +0000
Subject: urgent Please

Hello there,

I am writting this letter with due respect and
heartful of tears since we have not known or met
ourselves previously I am asking for your
assistanceafter I have gone through a profile that
speaks good of you. I am sorry about the miss-up in
registration.I want to find out if it's possible for
you to deal with individual as to investment. I came
across your profile and I feel it's highly reputable
that is why I pick an interest getting across to you
in respect of investment at my disposal .

I will be so glad if you can allow me and lead me to
the right channel towards your assistance to my
situation now.I will make my proposal well known if
Iam given the opportunity. I would like to use this
opportunity to introduce myself to you. Well I am
(ISHATOU KABAH,) the only daughter of Mr. Mboka Kabah,
a diamond dealer from KENEMA in Sierra Leone. My
father is now late,he died some months back during the
last and current crisis in my country(Sierra Leone).
He was Killed by the rebels for refusing to join and
sponsor them.

The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek
your assistance in the area of my future investment
and also for a help hand over some huge amount of
money in my possession. This money (US$9 Million) is
deposited in a secuirty and finance company in
Dakar,Senegal some years ago by my father and he made
me the sole beneficiary. I am now asking you to stand
on my behalf to claim the deposit from the security
company and assist me on investing it as well in your
country.

I have made up my mind to offer you 25%of the total
money and also map out 5% for any expensive that will
be made during the transaction while the remaining
will go into a productive investment.As I have mention
earlier I will make the procedure to this issue to be
well know to you,if I am given the opportunity to do
so. Pls attach your direct and full information as you
reply to me with this

Thanks and remain bless

ISHATOU

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