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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: "miss, magreat hogan" <maggreat_hogan@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: magreat_1@myway.com
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 18:22:27 +0000
Subject: your urgent attention is needed

Dear friend,

My name is Miss Magreat Hogan, the daugther of Mr. Behki hogan of
blessed memory from Zimbabwe, During the current crises against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers,he ordered all white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members and his followers. My father is One of the most successful multy farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabes supporters invaded his farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing him and made away with a lot of items in my fathers farm.Before his death, my father had deposited in one of the fiduciary company IN EUROPE the sum of (USD $ 8.5 MILLION).But I can not handle the process or do anything with the fiduciary company due to my status here as assylum seeker. The company request that nominate a representative to transact with them.

I have agreed to offer you 10% of the total sum for your assistance as soon as the money gets into your account. I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please treat this transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out come of it. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal phone and fax numbers and also your private e-mail address for easy and urgent communication. Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely confidential.

Pls.if you are honest and could be trusted then do help me, contact me.

Thanks.
Miss Magreat Hogan.

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