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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: "Roseline Sankoh" <r_san_koh@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:23:10 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL FAMILY PROPOSAL.

FROM: MRS ROSELINE SANKOH
TEL: +27- 83-771-3221
FAX -27- 72-870-6619
E-mail:r_san_koh@hotmail.com
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA


CONFIDENTIAL FAMILY PROPOSAL


ATTN: Sir/Madam.

Compliments of the day, I am writing to you with much respect and honor to
this letter, which must remain private and confidentially know my proposal
will come to you as a surprise since you do not precisely know me.

Anyway, my mind accepted you and I believe that this proposal will bring
mutual benefit for both of us. Let me use this medium to introduce myself to
you, I am MRS ROSELINE SANKOH ,the wife of MICHAEL SANKOH,the former
chairman of Diamond National Mining Co-operation and once the Director of
Works and Housing before his untimely death.

As a result of his death and uncontrollable war in my country, (Sierra
Leone) my children and I decided to seek asylum in South Africa where my
Husband had deposited US18.5M (Eighteen Million five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) for us, We now want to use this money for investment in your
country since we do not have anybody to assist us.

Therefore, I and my son (DAVID) asking for your urgent assistance to forward
this money into your account in your country using very confidential and
reliable means in which I will offer you 25% of the total amount for your
kind assistance, and 5% for the expenses while 70%will be for me and my
family investment in your country.

However, This money is safely kept in a Security Company here in
(JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA) before my husband death under disguise as
precious items and nobody has any slight knowledge of what is inside the box
deposited with the Security Company.

In other words, there is no risk involved and so do not hesitate to ask
questions where necessary, All the documents covering the deposition of the
money with the Security Company are intact with me. For more information,
please contact us on the above phone numbers and as well provide us with
your private phone and fax numbers for security reasons, and for better
communication.

I am looking forward to hear from you immediately you receive this mail;
Thanks and GOD bless you.

Best regards,
ROSELINE SANKOH (MRS).
DAVID SANKOH (SON).
(For the family)

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