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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: "Sully Malick." <s_malick@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: su_malick@atlas.cz
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:31:05 +0200
Subject: Hello from sully.

Dear Sir,


I got your contact from the Ecowas Infomation Center in Senegal.
My sources of your contact gave me the courage and confidence.It
is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I
intend to establish in your country, though I have not met with
you before but I believe one has to risk confiding in success
sometimes in life. I am Sully Malick,the daughter of the former
minister for defence and interior below is my picture.There is
this amount of US$6.8million (Six Million Eight Hundred Thousand
United state Dollars) which my late father kept for me in Bank here
in senegal dakar before he was piosioned to death by his business
associate.


Now I want to invest these money in your country or anywhere save
enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. I want
you to help me claim and retrieved these fund from the Fiduciary
Fund Holders and Transfer it into your personal account in your
country for investment purposes on profitable ventures. If you
can be of an assistance to me,we will pleased to offer you 20% of
the total fund. while 10% of the total fund will go for any
expenses incur by you during the process. I await your soon
response through my private mailbox:(su_malick@atlas.cz)with your
information for easy communication.

Your house Addres........................
Your Phone Number ..................................
Your Fax Number ...............................


N.B. Upon your interest, I will forward you the Bank
contact immediately .

Respectfully yours,
Sully Malick.

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