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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: "Mark Tucker" <marktucker2001@msn.com>
Reply-To: marktucker003@mail2president.com
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:19:10 +0000
Subject: FROM:MARK TUCKER

From:Mr.Mark Tucker
Ministry of Health
S/Africa

21-07-2005.

I am the Director in the Directorate of Health Financing in the
Ministry of Health in South Africa.We had a bugdetary allocation of
$22.5 Million USD by the government in February,2000 to research in
finding
a local cure to the sickle cell disease.I write to solicit your
assistance in a project of mutual benefit.

We funded a team of clinical pharmacologists to conduct a research on
the effect of a "local plant extract" on Sickle Cell Disease in south
Africa. The research has since been concluded (specifically in
December2003)., Of the total amount given to us for the research
purposes we only expended US$8.623Million leaving a balance of
US$13.877 Million.

I am contacting you with a view that you can provide a safe haven for
the balance of this fund that is presently in a bank in Europe. I have
put in over 25 years of my life into working for the government and I
do not have anything to show for it, hence I see this opportunity as a
God sent one. I sincerely hope that you will be of assistance to me.

I implore you to treat this mail as confidential as possible as I am
still serving, though I intend to retire in the first quarter of next
year.Plz reach me on my email.If you are not in a position to assist
us,do not respond to this mail and I apologize for taking your time.

Best regards,
Mr.Mark Tucker

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