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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • fatima_h@she.com

Fraud email example:

From: "From : Mrs H.Fatima" <fatima_h@she.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:05:56 +0700
Subject: Happy New Year.

From : Mrs H.Fatima
Johanesburg ,
Email : fatima_h@she.com

Dear sir,
Compliments of the day, I am Mrs H.Fatima the Wife of late
Dr.H.M.Rashid ,My husband was fomer Chairman of Democratic Peoples orgarnization of Ivory Coast, He
was assasinated in the coup plot by General Robert Guie which lead to the current civil war
in my country,
Before his death he was able to confirm to me of an existence of a
deposit of US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million five hundred thousand US DOLLARS )
which he secured in a security vault in Bangkok -Thailand through a diplonatic means as
Diplomatic Valuable / Family treasure ( for security reasons).

Presently I am Temporary living in exile here in Johanesburg , South
Africa and under the protection of the United Nation High Commission on Refugee due to the
problem in Ivorian governace , My son just arrived Thailand as the next of kin to the
consignment and We have certified the existence of the fund at the Security vault with all the
appropriate documents of the fund in our pocession ,

Already we have finalize every arrangement with the diplomatic personel
on retreiving of the box from the security vault but the labor law act of Thailand does not allow us
to Handle or operate a bank account due to our status as a political refugee. For the above reason I
decided to ask for an assistance and help from you as a foreign partner to enable us reach a
contract investment partnership agreement to clear and transfer this fund to your country
for investment purpose as soon as it is cleared from the security trusts firm in Thailand.
also to assist in directing and investing the fund into a good profitable business orientation

1 .I will offer 15% of the total fund as a reward for your assistance
toward your help in transfering the fund to your bank account in your country for investment
purpose.

2. I will map out 1% of the total fund to cover all expences made by
both parties during the transaction.

I will be expecting your replies , thanks for your co-operation and
hoping to see a good family relationship with you.For further information and procedure
hoping to hear from you soon.thanks.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs H.Fatima
For Maya Family.

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