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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: "Eddie Francis" <eddiefrancis20@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:45:39 +0000
Subject: Greetings

FROM:MR EDDIE FRANCIS.
Please reply on this email: eddiefrancis_2006@fastermail.com
Greetings:

It is my humble pleasure to right and seek for your assistance. You may be
surprised to receive my letter, however, I got your contact from the Chamber
of Commerce and Trade. I have decided to contact you for confidential,urgent
and rewarding joint business.

My name is MR EDDIE FRANCIS, I was a Personal ssistant to the Late Congo
President,LAURENT KABILA, who was assasinated in February and my aim of
writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest person, who I
can entrust the sum of S$12,800,000 (Twelve million, eight hundred thousand
USDollars).

Source of the money: I and the late president secured this money in a
security Company in my name before his death. Now that he is late, i need a
trust worthy person who will help me accomodate this fund for investment in
you! r country, I can not travel out of where I am on asylum, hence I am
asking for your assistance to have this money in your care pending when I
will secure travel documents to come over to your country. I have all the
itledocuments to the fund which I can transfer to you to enable you have
assess to it. Be assured that is risk-free and legitimate.

Please advise me on your position on this my mail
alternative: eddiefrancis_2006@fastermail.com
immedaitely, Please I await your prompt reply.

MR EDDIE FRANCIS.

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