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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • camara_family@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "hamed_camara" <hamed_camara@lycos.it>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:21:47 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: INVESTEMENT REQUEST.FROM HAMED CAMARA.


>From Hamed Kono Camara. Tel; 22507902337. The Director. Dear Beloved, My name is Hamed Kono Camara, from Sierra Leone. I escaped from our country at the heat of the civil war after loosing parants in the war to Ivory Coast. My father was a serving director of the Gold/Dimond Mining Corporation until his death . He was assassinated by some rebels following the political uprising.Before his death he had a foreign account here in Cote D'Ivoire up to the sum of $18.5m which he told the bank was for the importation of Gold/Dimond Mining Eqipments. I want you to do me a favour to receive this money in a safe account in your country as the account beneficiary and assist me invest the money in your country,like real estate and industrial production or Hotel Investment. This is my reason for writing to you. Please if you are willing to assist me and my only younger brother have this money transfer to your account, kindly indicate your interest in replying soonest. Upon your assistance
I will offer you 30% from the total Fund. Kindly get back to me thru this email address camara_family@yahoo.com or call my with the above telephone number +22507902337. Thanks and best regards. Hamed Kono Camara.


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