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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: "Paul Moussa" <paulmoussa00@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:43:52 +0000
Subject: Compensation Gift

Dear Sir/Madam.
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Presently i'm in
Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.
meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary,his name is Vincent Mikel and his email address is
vincentmikel1@yahoo.com ask him to send you the total $800.000.00 in a
Certificate Bank Draft which i kept for your compensation for all the past
efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts
atthat time
very much. so feel free and get in touched with my secretary Vincent Mikel
and instruct him where to send the amount to you with your address through
Dhl to your country.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, i am very busy
here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are
having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel
free to get in touch with Vincent Mike and he will send the amount to you
without any delay.

Mr.Poul Moussa



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