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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: "Fom Alisa Musha" <alisa_alisa@hotdak.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: alisa_alisa@rediffmail.com
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:18:44 +0400
Subject: Fom Alisa Musha. Urgent and confidanciel

ATTEN:

My Dear,

I am sorry to use this medium of communication to contact you is due to my situation right now.
I am Mrs. ALISA MUSHA and my brother FARID MUSHA from Jordan but presently in U.A.E due to the terrorist attack recently in my country Jordan. My father was killed by a bomb attack inside his factory (Company) and my mother died long time ago, and i and my brother are the only issue of my parent and my country is not good for us anymore since this incident so all i was ebale to do was to secure some necessary document of my father, where he deposited some of his funds in U.A.E Dubai and EUROPE worth of $32m U.S dollars. (threety two millilion us dollars) I have already made an arrangement with a fiduciary agent here who will enback the entire necessary document for this transaction, so all i want you to do now is to act as the Next Of Kin to my family so that you will put on claims on this money for me. I will also give to you the all contact.
I went through allot of searches on the hindues wed search before i got your contact and decide to choose you as my partner and also because we are desame religion i belive and trust in you that all will work out between me and you so if you decide to help me on this transaction i will be very happy and our ratio of shearing will be 70% for me 30% for you as my partner.
I will like you to reply me on this alisa_alisa@myway.com as I will arrange a safe Tel. number in a couple of days for this transaction.
I am looking forward for your good responds.

Best regards.

Alisa Musha.

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