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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: "Micheal Kazang" <micha_k@ciudad.com.ar> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:53:48 +0100
Subject: Re:TREAT AS URGENT !!!! . 28 November 2005

Hello ,
I will want you to be of good assistance to me, i know we have not meet before or have any conversation before, however i will want you to bear with me and be of good assistance to my request.
Be informed that i am working in a Bank here in Dakar-Senegal, and in our remittance department, the sum of $1,000,000.00 United State Dollars was deposited by one late Mrs. Roseline Johnson, that was working with United Nations.
And for your information, nobody knows about this money, because i am the director of our remittance department, and i will want you to reply me with your telephone and fax number together with your full resident address, so it will enable me to write 4 cheque's of $250,000.00 Each, and have it send to you by DHL, and for your information, i am going to give you the sum of $200,000.00 from the total sum as soon as the cheque is be clear in your account and i will utilize the rest to invest in your country with you as my joint partner.
If you need any urgent information about my request please try and contact me
Thanks ,
Mr Micheal Kazang
I can also be reached through alternative e-mail: mkaza@fsmail.net

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