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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: "desu matthan" <dmatthan21@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dmatthan2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:54:59 +0000
Subject: REPLY SOONEST

Dear sir,

I got your contact in cause of a seriouse search

for a reliable foreign partner, which really made me to

contact you for assistance in transfering my money to

you for investement purpose.I'm Desu Matthan the

son of a late sierraleonian Col,Matthan suko.

Who died three years ago when the revolutionary

united front rebels(R.U.F)attacked our residence

on the 20 of feb 2000 in Makeni Sierraleon.

Following the cease fire agreement which was

reach year before last year with the help of United

Nation peace keeping troops,I

used the opporturnity to leave the country with a

very important document of(US$8.5m)EIGHT million FIVE HUNDRED

THOUSAND U.S Dollars, deposited

by my late father in security company,under my name.

this money was realised from diamond export.

Now'I'm searching for a trusted individual or

foreign firm whom I can invest this money with for

I am next of kin to these money.However I contact

you based on your capability and vast knowledge

on international commercial investement.

For your assistance and co-opertion I will give you

10%of the total sum realised after the sucessfull

transffer of this money.Please kindly communicate

your acceptance of this proposal so that we can

discuss the modalities of seeing this transaction through.

I count on you greately for your assistance.

I will be waiting to hearing from you soonest

Thanks,

Desu Matthan.
you can contact me alternativelly with this mail
matt1@caramail.com

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