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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: "mariam omar-sanda" <mariamomarsanda@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 02:09:26 +0000
Subject: DEAR PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE

Dear ,
please i know that this letter will come to you unexpected because we nerver
met before, however i am convinced within me to introduce this transaction
to you which will be of mutual benefit to both of us and i need your
sincere co-opreration.

i am Mrs. Mariam Omar-Sanda from Dafur in Republic of Sudan, My Husband died
in the civil war that has erupted my country in the recent past,before his
death he was a MAJOR in the sudan army in charge of securing amouries for
the federal government.

Before the war took his life he deposited the sum of 6.3 million U.S dollars
with a finance and security company in London United Kingdom.

Because of his position in the country he avoided saving this fund with the
bank for the fear of confisication by the government.

Now i am left empty with my three kids in a refugee camp in Republic of
Benin with other victims with no means of livelihood.

I need your assistance in order to recorver this fund and invest it in any
good business in your country and i am ready to give you 30% of the
money,and we can bring out 10% of the money in case there will be any
expences to incure with the finance and security company.

I will send all the necessary information and my picture to you as soon as i
hear from you, please i will also like you to give me your full contact
address and your telephone number so that we can know each other better.

please i am humbly waiting to hear from you because i have the faith that
you will assit me before contacting you.


You can also contact me through this email
addreess:mariamomarsanda@yahoo.com

yours faithfully,
Mariam Omar-Sanda

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