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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: "magret lamine" <magret_lamine00@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: magret_lamine005@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:49:49 +0000
Subject: COMPLIMENT

Dear Friend,

I wish to solicit your help in migrating to your country and
investing my funds. Briefly, I am a Sierra Leonean National and the wife of
late Dr SIMON LAMINE.

I got your contact from the Ecowas chamber for
information. Your profile impressed me believing you will be able to handle
transaction of this magnitude. Before his death, my husband was the General
overseer of the diamond Minining in Kanema Sierra Leone.

In April 2000 the military forces loyal to the Government of Ahmed TIJAN
KABBAH invaded the diamond mine and assasinated my husband, mistaking him
for his brother MIKE LAMINE who is the deputy to the leader of the
revolutionary
united front (RUF) Foday SANKOH.

When the news reached me, I hurriedly gathered some valuables in ourfamily
villa and escaped for my dear life in the company of my only son HENRY.Among
the valuables was a file that contained details of a deposit my husband made
in a security company in(DUBAI) He deposited $23.5 Million US dollars
contained in 2 trunk boxes in the name of our son HENRY as containing family
valuables. Now that we are in Abidjan and verified the transaction, we need
your assistance to move this funds out of Dubai for investment in your
country as we cannot invest here due to its nearness to our country and the
war still going on there.

We ask you to scource for a viable and lucrative business. We are going to
give you 30% share in any investment we will embark upon if you assist us.
We shall also set aside 5% of the funds for miscelleanous expenses which you
might make in course of this transaction-fax
messages,phone calls, air tickets. This fortune we have revealed to you
should remain confidential as it is only you who have been contacted for
this transaction, so that your messages will be confidentially received.
Note that this transactions is risk free! .

Best regards
Mrs.Magret Lamine.



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