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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: "RISHI GOSINE" <rishigosine9@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:17:57 +0000
Subject: Hello

Hello
I know you must be very surprised to receive a mail from me,more so as we have not seen or met before.
Well I am RISHIGOSINE,I was sent by my sick mother who is currently admitted in the hospital for kidney problems,to write and seek your kindest assistance to invest the funds which my mother and I inherited from my late father in a very good and profitable business for my future.As she said,she would like the funds to be invested out of the Republic of Senegal here where she and I are presently residing as REFUGEES for security reasons.
In a nut-shell,My late father deposited the sum of US$2m.(TWO MILLION DOLLARS)in our favour with a HOLDING FIRM here in the west coast of africa before his untimely death.And she would like to invest these funds in a very lucrative and profitable business in your country with your help.
We would be needing your assistance as our foreign partner to claim and invest the funds on our behalf.YOU WILL BE OUR GUIDE AND REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS PROJECT.
Please do not delay to get back to me urgently of your aceptance of this very offer.On your aceptance to claim and invest these funds on our behalf,we shall discuss the percentages and the modalities of the investments.
yours sincerely,
RISHIGOSINE.

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