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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: "zenabu" <zenabu_01@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: zenabu_01@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:47:02 +0000
Subject: I Really Need Your Help Sir/Madam.

Hello,

My mother ask me to look for a reliable foreign partner and I got your contact in cause of a serious searching in the internet for a reliable foreign partner. I am zenabu bello the only son of a
late sierraleonian businessman late El-haj Fracise Bello the owner of (RMS) mining company in Sierraleone .Who died three years ago when the revolutionary united front rebels (R.U.F)attacked our residence in Makeni Sierraleone. Following the cease fire agreement which was reach with the help of United Nation peace keeping troops,we used the oppoturnity to leave the country with a very important document of (US$8.400.000m)eight million four hundred thousand U.S Dollars
deposited by my late father in Finace / security company Abroad under my name as his next of kin.

This money was realised from gold/diamond export, now i and my mother are resideing in Dakar - Senegal do to the sillent killing that is still going on in our country. My main reason of contacting you is that I received a call from the Security Company warning that I should make haste to dislodge the money or I loose it to high dumurrage rate which has pilled up since 1999 up till date. I only want this done this way because your country is politically suitable for any profitable investment,(1) To help me transfer the money to your country. 2) to help me get a profitable business to invest the fund based on your professional advise. my mother said that we shall give you 15% of the total sum after the sucessfull transfer of this money.we count on you greatly for your assistance. you can also contact me at; zenabu_01@hotmail.com or zenabu_01@yahoo.com.
Waiting to hear from you soon.
Best Wishes

Zenabu Bello.

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