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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: w_maryam2007@yahoo.com
Date: 27 Nov 2005 11:27:12 -0000
Subject: Please Dear I Need Your Help

Hallo Rick,

maryam2007 heeft op je advertentie gereageerd op Date-online.
Het emailadres van maryam2007 is: w_maryam2007@yahoo.com

Met vriendelijke groet,
redactie Date-online
http://www.date-online.nl

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De reaktie van maryam2007:

Please My Dearest One, I am writting this letter with due

respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or

met ourselves previously. I am asking for your assistance

after I have gone through a profile that speaks good of

you. I will be so glad if you can allow and lead me to the

right channel towards your assistance to my situation now.

I will make my proposal well known if I am given the

opportunity.



I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to

you. well, i am Mery Morris 21years old girl and I know

that this proposal might be a surprise to you but do

consider it as an emmergency.In nutshell, My (late)father

DR Mike Morris,was the personal advicer to the former head

of state in my country Sirra-lone in west africa. But he

was killed along side with my mother during the longing

civil war and all his properties was totally destroyed.



However, after their death I managed to escape with a very

important document (DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE of (US$10.5m)Ten

million Five hundred thousand U.S Dollars deposited by my

late father in A SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY)which i am

the next of kin. Meanwhile,i am saddled with the problem of

securing a trust worthy foriegn personality to help me

transfer the money over to his country and into his

possession pending my arrival to meet with him.



Furthermore,you can contact the company for confirmation

and i will issue a letter of authorisation on your

name,that will enable the security company to deal with you

on my behalf.I am giving you this offers as mentioned with

every confidence on your acceptance to assist me or take me

as your wife and manage the money.



Conclusively,i wish you send me a reply immediately as soon

as you recieve this proposal,please reply me through this

box(w_maryam2007@yahoo.com)for confidential purposes,your

urgent reply will be highly appreciated.

Thanks

Miss Maryam.

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