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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Ahmed.H.Ali. <alimahhd@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: aliamhhd@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:16:17 +0400
Subject: Mrs Ahmed .H. Ali.


Dear Friend,
Please don't be offended or surprise to receive this mail which
Is sent without you prior permission since we do
Not know each other before now but due to the unpleasant situation i foun my self into and the fact that i believe you must be a
capable,reliable and a succesfull person,that is why
i have decided to tell you this story which is of
great confidential to me,it is a top secret which i
have been hidding from evry one since my husband
death,though i have my reason of keeping it
confidential.But due to my present situation here in the Hospital,as i have been sufering from kidney transplant illness The Doctor says,i have less than six months to die.As a result of this I decided to Contact you to "WILL" My late Husband Properties to you.
My late Husband and his entirefamily died from the British and American attacks over my country.I hope you no this already.
Well Dear ,i know telling you this is more secured
than telling any one here in my country since i am Finding
it very difficult to Trust any one here in my country.
So please i will apriciate your keeping this STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL,just for my sake.
Before my husband's sudden death,he kept the sum
of U.S$21,000,000.00 {TWENTY ONE MILLION U.S DALLARS}in
cash with one of the private Security vault in United Arab Emirate(Dubai).So now that he is late and i am fortunate to be the only one that is alife in my entire family,I am asking you now to assist me
recieve this money in your country,I will like you to use 50% of this Fund to help the less Privillaged(Motherless Baby's Home) and the rest to Build Churches and Schools in any Part of the world you might like also for man Kind.While you take 40% for your Kind assistance and let 10% Be for all the expensis you might encure During the Process of Retriving the Fund.
Please i will like you to indicate your readyness to assist me so that all the information about this funds will be passed to you immediately.Send to me your Private phone numbers for easy Comunication.

And also i will like you to asure me that you are
not going to betray me at the end when this Fund gets to you,Hence i might not be alife to know if you did all what i ask you to do.

Please remenber to keep this to your self only.And
I will like to hear from
you soon.

Regards,

Mrs Ahmed Ali.

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