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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: faith collins <faith_collins12@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 04:32:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM FAITH COLLINS


FROM FAITH COLLINS
Abidjan cote D` Ivoire
West Africa
Greetings

I am mrs FAITH COLLINS, I got to know of you courtesy of intrenational business bureau in Abidjan ( Ivory coast) sequent to my zeal towards foreingn investiment and also security for my life and my possission ,I therefore write to give you a break down of this proposal .

I am a citizen of sierra-leone and the wife of late mr.Thomas Collins who before was the manager of sierra leone Gold and Diamond corporation (SGDC) .I hope you are aware of the war going on in my country for the past years now .It was one of the attacks by the rebels that led to the killing of my dear husband and two of my children leaving I and my son David Collins as the only survival because we went to a funeral when we heard of the killing of my husband and the children we felt unsafe in the country and we managed to enter Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire through a fisherman who operate a fishing vessel through and fro in a coastal river between cote d' ivoire and sierra-leone.

Please with us is ( &5,000,000.00) five million, United States Dollars contained in one metallic box and presently deposited in a security company here in Abidjan cote D` Ivoire as family valuables .

My aim of contacting you is to seek your able assistance as a front in transferring this fund abraod in your account then as a business developer, you also help us to wisely invest the money in areas you wish lucrative and finally obtain a residential permet for us to stay comfortabley there. right now the sutuation in my country has returned normal and I do not want to go back.

please for God sake be merciful to help us and agree to help us transfer this money into your account abroad .we agree to give you 20% to see this done for us . we will send to you the proof of this transaction as soon as we favourably hear from you and please we implore you to treat this transaction all secrecy and confidentaility for security reasons .you can contact me throuth the email address for more clearification.

may God bless you in abundance as you show mercy to those that need mercy .

Thanks and God bless you ,

I am waiting to hear from you

yours faithfully ,

MRS FAITH COLLINS,








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