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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: sandra kamra <sandrakamra02@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:02:24 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: REPLY MAIL FROM SANDRA


My dear ,


I am very much happy to hear from you.I have been waiting to hear from you since I sent this mail to you.I am ready to conclude this with you.
Well to explain more about myself,I was a student of
university of cocody before the untimly death of
father .I was born and brought up in a good christian way by my late father and i know whate it means to be a christian.I belive in sincererity and straight forward as a christian..I have not been into any busines of any kind before.This
money belong to my father and I am the beneficary of
this money as the only daugther.I have the deposit slip the bank issued to my late father the time of deposited this money to the Bank.If you like I will send it to you for your confrimation.
I want you to assist me in transfering this money into any of your account,and also I want you to become every thing to me and to invest this money in any lucrative business that is good.I will also like to continue my university studies in your country
I give you 15% persent of the total amount if this money is
finally tranfered into your account and also invested
some where.
Where I want you to help me is to contact the Bank for them to tell you how the money will be transfered ito you account as I dont know anything about banking systems.I dont want to make any mistake.I will give you the contact of the bank
where my late father depsited this money, when next
you reply to me for you to estalibish comunication
with them.If you agree on this let me no .I will give you more details when I see your
response.
Thanks and God bless you.
Yours sincerely

Sandra



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