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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.
  • 1@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MOHAMED TANKOH." <mohamed_tankoh@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mohamed2006_1@myway.com
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 12:34:05 +0200
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED PLEASE

Attn please,
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction, this is by it's nature of being utterly confidential & top secret. I got your contact in the cause of my serious search for a reliable foreign partner that can handle such a confidential transaction of this nature,which really
made me to contact you for assistance in transfering my money to your account for investement purpose.
I am MOHAMED TANKOH the son of a late sierra Leonian COL.JOSEPH TANKOH Who died six years ago when the revolutionary united front rebels(R.U.F)attacked our residence on the 11 of feb 2000 in Makeni Sierre leone.
Following the cease fire agreement which was reached last year with the help of United Nation peace keeping troops, I used the opporturnity to leave the country with a very important document of(US$16MILLION) SIXTEEN MILLION U.S DOLLARS deposited by my late father COL. JOSEPH TANKOH in a FINANCE COMPANY here in Dakar Senegal with my name as next of kin/beneficiary.
Now I'm searching for a trusted individual or foreign firm who will assist me invest this fund in any profitable business. However, I contacted you based on your capability and vast knowledge on international commercial investement. For your assistance and co-operation I will give you 10% of the total sum realised after the sucessfull transfer of this money.
Please kindly communicate your acceptance of this proposal so that we can discuss the modalities of seeing this transaction through,I count on you greatly for your assistance.
Looking for to hearing from you soon,you can reply me through this mail mohamed2006_1@myway.com
Thanks
Yours Sincerely,
MOHAMED TANKOH.

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