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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: "From Dr Wasse." <wasse1981@fsmail.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: wasse81@fsmail.net
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:26:26 +0100
Subject: Partnership.............

ATTENTION
I'm Dr.wasse Zumba A Gambian by nationality working with a holding firm hear in dakar senegal, I am the Oparetional Director of the company
and will be due to retirement withing some months know due to my illness,But before my retirement i want to invest the fund that i have
made during my time in service into a well profitable business for the future of my only son who is 19 years old know, and i want to invest this fund
outside this country for safety reason because i don’t want the government of senegal to question me of how i get this large amount of money after my
retirement. In a nut shell i have in my position One million one hundred and fifity thousand united state dollars(US$1.150m) in a financial institute and i want to invest this fund in a well lucrative business. I will be needing your assisitance as my foreign partner to invest this fund in your country, you are to guide this money and invest it for me over there in your country . I will be waiting for your compitency and capability of handling this big project. Please do not hesitate to contact me upon your acceptance of my proposal.Upon your acceptance of this proposal we shall discuss the modality of the success of this investment..
Yours faithfully,
Dr.wasse Zumba

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