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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: "Sally Camara." <camasaly@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sllycama@voila.fr
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 23:43:50 +0000
Subject: Hello From Sally.

Dear Sir,

I am sally Camara 46 years old.My husband is into Timber sells,He die of heart ailment with only one surviving son.But now my husband family wants to take the money from me,but thanks to allan that the money was on my sons name ,so i really will want you to help me invest the money in any business you feel that will help us and see that this amount of money leaves this place,I will be happy to give you more details if you are willing.
On that faithful afternoon,before he die,he disclosed to me that he made a deposit with the name of my son in a finance firm,the amount deposited USD $ 5,500,000.00 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars).
As I have not had the pleasure of demonstrating the advantages of this investment. Meanwhile, in your response I would like you to indicate your willingness to handle this transaction sincerely by protecting my interest and upon your acceptance of this proposal, I would appreciate us to discuss the details and mutually agree on your percentage interest or share holding for helping me to secure the transfer of the asset and investing it.

Looking forward to your urgent and positive response.
Yours Sincerely,
Sally Camara.

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