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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: "From Christiana" <christana5arubaye@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: christiana5arubaye@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:03:54 +0000
Subject: Please i help your help.

MY SEASON GREETINGS TO YOU,
HOW ARE YOU TODAY AND I HOPE YOU ARE FINE ? IF SO THANKS BE TO GOD.I AM MISS CHRISTIANA, THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF COL. RAZAK MUDIAGA ONE OF THE SENIOR OFFICIALS OF REVOLUTIONARY UNITED FRONT OF SIERRA LEONE (R.U.F) WHO DIED ON 18/06/2002 WITH SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUESS DURING A CROSS FIRE BATTLE BETWEEN THE (R.U.F) AND THE PEACE KEEPING FORCE IN SIERRA LEONE.IN BRIEF THE PHOTO OF THE INSIDENT WILL BE SEND TO YOU IF DEMAND.
BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT SITUATION IN MY COUNTRY SIERRA LEONE, MY AGED MOTHER ADVISED ME TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY IMMEDIATELY FOR SECURITY REASONS, AND ALSO TO LOOK FOR A TRUST WORTHY AND RELIABLE PERSON WHO CAN ASSIST ME TO TRANSFER MY FUND ($11.000,000,000 MILLION U.S.DOLLARS) OUT OF DAKAR SENEGAL.
THE FUND WAS DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER IN A BANK HERE IN DAKAR SENEGAL, OF WHICH I WAS MADE THE SOLE BENEFICIARY AND NEXT OF KIN TO THE FUND, I HIGHLY NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE BOTH IN TRANSFERRING THE FUND TO YOUR COUNTRY AND ALSO INVESTING IT FOR ANY PROFITABLE GOOD BUSINESS
I AND MY AGED MOTHER HAS PROPOSED (15%) PERCENT OF THE TOTAL SUM OF THE MONEY FOR YOU TO GIVE US ALL NECESSARY ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTIONS WE MAY NEED IN YOUR COUNTRY,
PLEASE TREAT AS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON THIS MONEY, AS I HIGHLY CONFIDE IN YOU HOPING YOU WILL NEVER BETRAY ME AT LAST. ALL THE VITAL DOCUMENTS COVERING THE DEPOSITED FUND IN THE BANK ARE WITH ME HERE IN DAKAR SENEGAL AND WILL BE FAX TO YOU ON DEMAND I AM LIVING IN THE GIRLS HOSTEL OF THE REFUGEE CAMP IN DAKAR SENEGAL WHERE I RAN TO HIDE MY SELF .THIS IS WHY I CONTACTED YOU AND WILL BE GLAD TO HERE FROM YOU SOON.REMAIN BLESS
YOUR'S SINCERELY
CHRISTIANA.

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