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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: "s.hanssan5" <s.hanssan5@webmail.alfa.com.lb>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 16:29:12 +0200
Subject: Dearest Beloved,

Salam
Mrs sarahmaria hanssan

Assalam Valekum !!!!
Dearest Beloved,

I am Mrs sarahmaria hanssan. I am married to Mr Garaba
hanssan the former sudanese Ambassador in Ivory Coast for
nine years before he died .
We were married for eleven years without a child. He died
after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.Before
his death we were both
muslim.

Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child His
against.When
my late husband was alivehe deposited the sum of
US$2.000.000.000.million dollars in a bank here in Abidjan
Cote d'Ivoire.Presently, this money is still bank.
Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the
period of nine months due to cancer problem.

The one that disturbs me most is my strokesickness.
Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to
a charity organization that will utilize this money the way
I am going to
instruct herein.

I want an organization that will use this fund for
orphanages, school and maintance of mosquee,hospital .
I took this decision because I don't have
any child that will inherit this money and my husband
relatives are not
muslims .
I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in
the bosom of the most ALLAH.

I don't need any telephone communication in this regard
because of my health hence the presence of my husband's
relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about
this development.

With ALLAH all things are possible. As soon as I receive
your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank here in
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.

please contact me through this id s_hanssan55@yahoo.com

May ALLAH be with you always
Till then take care and ALLAH HAFIZ
Mrs sarahmaria hanssan.

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