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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: Cynthia Milan <cynthiamilan88@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: cynthia5milan@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:42:36 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From Cynthia


Dear,

How are you today?

I am Miss Cynthia Milan 23yrs the Daughter of Dr Clement milan, he was international business man, he deal on timber business when he was alive.

Though you dont know me and i dont know you before but I believe that relationship and comunication with someone you never know before starts a day.
There is this huge amount of Seven million U.S dollar($7,000,000.00) which my late Father kept in one of the security company here in Abidjan before he,my mother and the only sister i have died on motor accident here in Cote d'ivoire.

Now as i'm the only person left in the family i decided to contact you to HELP me retrieve the money from the security company where it was deposited as a family valuable by my late father and transfer it into your personal account in your country for any profitable investment in your country.

If you can be of an HELP to me, i will be pleased to offer to you 10% of the total fund for HELPING me after the money have been retrieved from the security company and you will arange for my coming to meet you in your country.

I wait for your urgent response so that i will give you more information.
Thanks and God bless you
Miss Cynthia Milan.



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