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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: "capital fin" <capitalfin@msn.com>
Reply-To: userwd326954@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:47:30 +0000
Subject: Beloved Help

Dear friend,

How are you hope all is well with you and your family? My daughter is having
funds in Europe to claim we need your assistance. She is 25 years old and a
house girl as her profession, I was unable to take care of her properly so I
have to let Madam Florence Zuma help me out well this is my
personal life.

I have this thing to tell you which I believe it can be helpful to both of
Us.

Like I told you at the beginning she is a house help am working under a
woman named above but she is dead now and she is a very well know woman and
she is a diamond merchant in Ghana but she Lives in Sierra Leone.

My Daughter stayed with her all this years working under her so she is dead
now and she Don't having kid nor husband; she has a fund in Europe with my
daughter name US$8.5 million us
dollars. Right now we are in Sierra Leone cannot secure a visa to go there
personally.

I need your assistance to help us claim the funds and secured it in your
Custody before I and my family come over with your help securing a visa for
us in your embassy with the name of the company you will open once you claim
the funds I believe with the company name they will give us
visa.

For your assistance we will offer you 20% of the funds once you claim it.

I have all documents covering the funds I have talk to firm securing the
consignment they said
Once we have a beneficiary they will act according to my instructions and
work with the new beneficiary so please let me know if you can be of
assistance in this transaction So I can give you more details.

Note: Once you claim the funds you will look for a school for my daughter
there in your country so that she can further her education.

Thanks for your understanding

Best regard

E K

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