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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: E Kargbo <userwd326954@netscape.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 00:19:47 +0100
Subject: Belove Help

bixnfleisch@joewein.netBeloved

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 the late woman Madam Florence Zuma decided to help me out and make sure she get
better life because we belive childred are the leaders of tomoorow.

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 for claim.

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 you 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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