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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: "Mrs Lycee Luomba" <lycee011@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lycee012@walla.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12.33.42 +0200
Subject: Do Me A Favour

Sir/Madam,
I decided to contact you through this medium for an assistance that
can save my life and that of my kids too.
Meanwhile, i am the wife of Dr Lawrence Luomba ,a popular politician and
a philantropist in libriville, Gabon, who was murdered here in libriville,
Since after his death,i and my four kids, have never seen peace,rather
i have been recieving threats from my late husband immediate family who want
to inherit all we have laboured all this years,they have been trying to kill me
thinking that i am a stumbling block on thier plan.
Fortunately,my late husband has about $8.5 M USD (Eight million five hundred thousand dollas )
deposited in a security company,as a family valuables here in Gabon,This
money he made in politics,because politicians account are been mornitored.
I recently contacted the manager of the securty company,who agreed to assist me
move this consignment outside africa, i am begging you to come forward
and assist me in moving this money to your country so that i can settle and
invest my little fund there to save my life,
If you find it necesary to help me, kindly get back to me as soon as possible lycee012@walla.com
I promise to give you %15 of the total amount for assisting me.
Thanks and be blessed,

Mrs Lycee Luomba

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