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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 Tina Johnson" <tina20005@box.az> (may be fake)
Reply-To: tinajohnson20022005@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:54:36 +0100
Subject: My dearst one!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello my Dearest,

I come to you with due respect and equally with heartful of tears and
since we have not known or met ourselves previously. Please, i mean
no harm to you only that i am in a desperate situation and need urgent help.
After going through this mail,it will be your decision,whether to help me or to
leave me to my faith, but whatever you decide, bear in mind,i am in trouble
and need your help I am asking for your assistance after I have gone
through a profile that speaks good of you. I will be so glad if you can allow
and lead me to the right channel towards your assistance to my situation.
I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity.I would like
to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. Anyway, i am Ms Tina Johnson
23years old girl,the only daughter of .Dr Patrick Johnson My father is now late,he died
during the last crisis in my country (Liberia) West Africa. He was one of the high officers
in the leadership of formal president Charles Taylor who is now in exile after many
innocent souls were killed ,My father was unlucky to be among those that were killed by the rebel.
The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek for your assistance in the area of
my future investment and also for a help hand over of some huge amount of money in my possession.
This money (5.8 millon Dollars) was deposited some years ago by my father,he made me the sole beneficiary.
Please, I am now asking you to stand on my behalf to make this claim,to stand as my partner
oversea and in time of the investment as well.As I have mention earlier I will make the procedure to
this issue to be well known to you if you give me the opportunity to do so. Pls attach your direct
contact information as you reply to me.

Thanks with much Love,
Miss Tina Johnson

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