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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 LINDA OJINDU" <lindaojindu_50@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lindaojindu50@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:29:11 +0000
Subject: PLS STAND ON MY BEHALF,

Hello Dear,

Please do not be offended on how this mail gets to you, i got your email via world on-line in e-mail data on my search for a reliable individual who will assist me.

My name is miss Linda Ojindu,28 years of age.a native of Darfour region of Soudan,the only surviving daughter of Dr Edwin Ojindu, the late commitee chairman of Iron ore of the ministry of natural recorces and environment Sudan.
I lost my parents in March, 2005,in the on going war in the federal republic of Soudan in which millions of Soudanses citizens died.Before the death of my parents,my late father revealed to me that,he deposited the sum of $15,000,000,in a medium size trunk box(15 million dollars) in a high security company in Dakar Senegal,in which he approved me the next of kin and beneficiary to the said deposited money.
When the war was going on in my country, before the aggrieved rebels attacked my parents,i was able to escape through the underground tunnel and i later comes back in the night to colect some of my things with the certified documents,
Though,my late father left an instruction to the security company to only allow the trunk box to be released to his foriegn business patner because i is the only child, After his death l went to
Dakar-Senegal with the documents which he gave to me and confirmed Now,
that the condition is like this, l have decided to go into investments with this fund.And l prefer an ecconomiccally stable country like yours where there is no war.Therefore l will like you
to assist me by stand to sign out this fund from the SECURITY COMPANY as my late father's foriegn business partner,hence i could not found his business partners.
ln these l have decided to give you 20% of the money,5% will be for any expenses that may incure during the process including airfares,Hotel accummodation etc. while 75% will be for each other upon investments.All documents as regards to this transaction will be sent to you as soon as you indicate your interest in assisting me,
bear in mind that The authenticity of this business is 100%.Please,get back to me immediately as soon as you show interest.
Yours Faithfully,
MISS LINDA OJINDU,

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