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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: "MARIAM SANU" <sanu_mariam2@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sanu_mariam1@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:35:59 +0000
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANT


Hello,
I am Miss Mariam Sanu ,the daughter of Col.Abubaka Sanu the member of defence officials to late Gen.Robert Guei national Military head of state coted'ivore.After going through your profile I became convinced that with your vast knowladge and experience in life you could handle this transaction .Meanwhile I am writing to express my interest in real estate or landed properties in your country. My father was killed by the rebels during the deserstrous civil war in my country.

I am residing under political Assylum with my Mother and younger sister Aisha who is 15 years old here in Dakar Senegal where we ran for our safty.Now the war in my country is over with the help of Ecomog soldiers, the present government of coted'ivore has revoked the passport of all officers who served under the former regime and now ask to expel such person at the same time freeze their account and confiscate their asset, it is on this note that I am contacting you to assist me in tranferring my fund.

Meanwhile my late father deposited the sum of Two Million Dollars (US$2.000.000.00 Million)in a finance and security company with my name as the next of kins.Hencefort,I want you to assist me transfer this money in your private bank account/ insitutional .I really want to invest this money in your country, were their isstability of Government, political and economic werfare.

I am here with all the vital documents that covers the deposited fund and all will be fax to you upon your request for confirmation.Meanwhile, My late Father gave me the deposit slip issued to him by the security company , for you to be clarify because, I do not expose my self to anybody I see, I believe that you are able to keep this transaction within you only for our security both for now and when we come over to your country;because since the death of my father we are counciouse of our security.

Please write me immediately after you must have gone through my message.It was a friend of my father that told me that I need an assistance of a foreigner with a legitimate bank Account abroad who will stand as my co-beneficiary and partner abroad to ensure a successful hitch free transfer of the fund to its own destination.
I wish to ask for your full contact address so that i can forward the whole documents to you
1.full Name.
2.Phone/Fax Number.
3.Full Contact Address.

Thanks and Allah bless.

Yours faithfully,

Mariam Sanu.

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