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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: Fadima Amodou <amodoufadi@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:21:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: please call me immediately


Dear VICTIMNAME,

My brother how are you ? I hope all is well with you. How was your musical tour? Hope it went well. I have been expecting to hear from you all this while but you have neither written or called. Though I was informed that you were busy with the promotional tour for you latest album.

I have been indisposed for a long while now and have only just recovered.The Almighty Jah has kept me alife as I was involved in a ghastly accident early last month. Please give me a call so that we can discuss the transaction that I contacted you about earlier and see how we can forge ahead to have the $4.2m USD released and transfered out of here immediately. My spirit tells me that you are the right person to handle this transaction with and as such I had put everything on hold until I hear from you.

My contact number once more is +2289311324. You can call me at your convinience or better still send across you contact numbers so that I could call you immediately.

Remain blessed my brother
Fadima


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