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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: sarah849@handbag.com
Reply-To: sssmont@myway.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 01:26:50 +0100
Subject: Please assist me.....

Good day,
I strongly apologise for sending you this
business proposal by email,due to the urgencey attach
and from the information I gathered assured me your
being reliable,trust worthy and confident to
accommodate my business interest.
Am Sarah Montgomery widow to late H .B Montgomery
of Sierra-Leone one of the formal director general in
charge of the National sales of diamonds(DIAMOND
RESERVE).Please I don't know any other fast medium I
can use in reaching out that why I chose to write you
this my letter by emailing you personally.And I will
like you to take this my letter with kind interest so
we can work with one understanding regards to my
preposal to you, so you can stand for me and my step
son as the needed nominated foreign investor/manager.
From the information reaching Me the management of
an agent security company that have all necessary
information to my late husband consignments containing
his funds that was relocated to a diplomatic warehouse
in Europe safe and secured keeping because of the
September 11 bombing of New York city. As for today
they have agreed to released the funds on the
condition that WE present to them our own trusted
nominated foreign investor manager out side Africa for
security reason.
The amount involved that is now secretly secured
into consignments in the security company Deposit
house vault for safe keeping is USD$15.2
million.(fifteen point two million united states
dollars)all in liquid cash.And regards the source of
the funds back home in Sierra-Leone I will be able to
tell you when I did receive your good respond
regarding this issue.
Please I don't know how to explain the situation to
you better than this now.What We feel if you will be
able to work thing out with us,I will then forwards to
you useful information and documents regards the said
funds presently in the deposit house vault for safe
keeping and We work out a percentage that will be of
your fair share of the total sum for standing for us
and coming down to Cotonou or Europe as the nominated
foreign investor manager.
Please your positive reply will be highly
appreciative on receipt of this mail and you can reach
me or my step son Dafe on this phone
No:00229-98-82-03.
Expecting your mail.
Thanks and stay blessed,
Sarah Montgomery.






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