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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: "abudullahsullemman" <abudulsulle2yk@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: abudul_younger2000@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:48:06 +0000
Subject: I AM WAITING FOR YOUR MAIL.

Dear Friend, My name is Abudullah Sullemman, the son of Dr. Usman Ommar of
Zimbabwe. It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address;
I got your contact during a desperate search here in Ghana,Don't be worried
because I am contacting you in good faith. During the current crisis against
the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe
to claim all the white owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white
farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers.
My father was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing supporters
invaded my father's farm and burnt down everything, killed him and confiscated
all his investments. When My Father was alive he made a deposit of $16.3m
USD{SIXTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAS}on my name
with a private security company in Accra Ghana west


Africa for safe keping,according to my father he did not disclose the real
content of the consignment box to the security company as money, he deposited
it as family valuables for security purpose. After the death of my father,
my mother and I with my younger sister decided to move out of Zimbabwe to
Accra Ghana for the safety of our lives. Because of our present status (Political
Refugees), my mother and I are seriously looking forward to having an overseas
partner tustworthy and reliable,whom will act as our late Father's oversea
patner to help us and retrieve the consignment{Money}out from the securty
comapny and tranfer it to his/her destnation account and help us to invest
the fund, as we have no idea of any business


investment. I will like to bring to your notice that all the doccuments covering
this fund are with us which will be forwarded to you when it's needed. If
my proposition is considered, for helping us to retrieve and transfer this
money to your country, we will offer you 20% of the total fund, and 5% of
the total will be set aside to cover any expenses incurred during this transaction.
75% will be for my family to invest in your country under your supervision.
For detailed information, you can contact me I would appreciate confidentiality
and honesty in our correspondence.Your immediate response will be highly
welcomed.

Regards, Abudullah Sullemman.


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