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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Daniel Sanko" <pf625@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 11:58:14 +0200
Subject: TREAT URGENT!

Urgent and Confidential.

Dear Friend,

I am Daniel Sanko a 25 years old boy and my sister is Stella a 22 years old girl,we're the only survival son and daughter of late prominent business man Mr.Harrison Sanko from Sierra Leone. My father's occupation is in the field of buying and selling diamond to foreign country such as belgiun i-e brussel,Antwep.

After some years he had a private minning company called branch energy unfortunate for him war broke out and he was assasinated by the rebels simply because of diamonds and this lead to untimely wind up of his investment but,nevertheless my father been a man with foresight had disclose to my mother that he deposited some huge amount of money with a security company outside Sierra Leone for future project and after his death ,this lead to immediate evacuation of my mother, myself and my sister to a country called Senegal where the money is deposited.So good,so bad, my mother as well after locating the security company due to much thinking she had to gave up the spirit ( died) some months after arrival.

Now presently I and my sister are lying helplessly in the refugee camp in Dakar.My father deposited $8 million dollars which is in a trunk box and declare it as a family belonging. I and my sister here are crying and demanding for your assistance over the retrievement of this consignment out of the security company to your country for onward lucrative business of our choice, in which you will be our guardian concerning the investment.Please we need a God fearing person one that is considerate in life and ready to be a good friend for us as this is the only heritage left for us after the death of our parents couple with lost of properties.

Note! 25% of the total amount is map out for you as compensation for your assistance.
Thanks and God Bless.

yours Faithfully

Daniel and Stella
Dakar,Senegal.

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