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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: "miss sarah williams boko" <williams20_7@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ms_sarah_boko2@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 21:51:58 +0100
Subject: YOUR ATTE PLEASE /10.5M$

ATTN PLEASE:

My Dear, God Will Blesss You

I know you will be suprise to recieve this proposal from someone you
have never seen before. In a nutshell I am Miss Sarah Williams Boko
25yrs old.The Daughter of Late Dr Williams ,who died alonge side with
the former millitray leather of the federal republic of Cote D' Ivoire,genera
l Guei,during the coup attemt by the rebells,which took the lifes of many
people in my country. I am constrained to contact you because of the
maltreatment I,m receiving from my step mother. She planned to take
away all my late father's treasury and properties away from me since the
unexpected death of my Father. Meanwhile I wanted to escape to the
United Sates but she stoled my international passport and other valuabl
e travelling documents.But luckily she did not discover where I hide my
fathers deposite File where important documents are kept. So I decided
to run to Dakar Senegal for safety also to seek for asylum in the
refugee camp to contact you confidencially. She have even closed all
my late father's , just to put me into suffery and starvation. Now I
urgently need an assistance of a reputable and trustworthy Foreigner
who will help me to retrieve this money deposited by my late father in
a Finance House, l and subsequently stand on my behalf, as the next
of kin. The money have been saved and deposited with a Finance
House. He deposited the sum of 10.5M US dollars (ten point five
million united state dollars.)I am here with the Deposite Certificate and
the death certificate of my late father ,all will be sent to you upon
request as soon as i get you well, know body knows what i have and
where i am. It therefore became very necessary and urgent that
somebody in your foreign position should render a helping hand to
safe-guard this fund for me in safe until my arrival in your country.I am
asuring you 100% rist free,and i have map out 15% of the total money
for your kind assistance while 5% will be kept aside for any
miscellaneous expenses incurred. This is the reason why I decided
to contact you. Please all communications(replies) should be through
this email address(miss_sarah_williams@yahoo.ca )
for confidentialpurposes.Please your urgent responce will be
highly appriciated.
Thanks
Miss Sarah. B. Williams

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