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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • sobaseka@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Stella Obaseka <sobaseka@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:43:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: TRANSFER OF US$25M TO YOUR ACCOUNT.


From: Stella Obaseka
Address: 2-6 Lipo Street, Red Cross Village, Seme Border Republic du Benin
Email:sobaseka@yahoo.com

Dear Sir,

Diving to your perceived confidentiality and viability as an individual, I request for your sincere assistance. I got your contact courtesy World E-directory. Without undue delay, I must remind you that confidentiality and sincerity are basic potential of this transaction. I am MRS. STELLA OBASEKA, the wife of the embattled leader of Sierra-Leon Revolutionary United front. My late husband was vice president and also at the helm of a affairs in my Country's mine and industries. I have with me the complete document which my husband used to process and lodge the sum Twenty five million,five hundred thousand US Dollars [US$25M] with offshore via a Logistic Company.

We were recently alerted by our family friend who is still serving under this regime that the Government of our country has constituted a panel that will recover and probe all the families of former officers who occupied strategic revenue positions. Consequently, I decided to leave my country and take refuge some where in hide in Benin-Republic to enable me supervise the swift clearance of the money.and divert the fund to a new destination via your assistance as my foreign partner.

My problem is that I do not have a foreign connection capable of accomodating the funds plus lack of traveling documents to move from my present location.This is why I I need your help providing your bank particulars for the remiitance of the funds. I count on your hand of assistance, as retrieval of this sum will determine the future hope of survival of me and my son. Contact me through my email address and every other relevant information will be supplied to you. Send your private mobile phone number for easy communication.

Looking forward to hearing from you .

Best regards,

Mrs. Stella Obaseka




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