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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: "alagie bah" <alagiedede@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:44:25 +0000
Subject: hello from Alagie

hello Ncolette and Rob,

                                 thanks for your email message.i am very happy to receive it and to read it all about.how are you all doing?i hpe you are all doing fine..i am happy to hear that every body is doing so fine.thanks for concerning my education..i am sorry that i dont have a bank account but if you would like to send me some money fot the school you can send it through western union and when i get it here i will open a bank account and then you can be using that..western union is fastest and reliable..i dont need to have a bank account when receiving my money from western union money transfer..i just need to have my national identity card and i will get the money and open an account a student saving account..

now we have transfered to Brikama because life is very hard in Bakau though is a nice town.but due to the high rental fees we were not able to stay there up to date..you know we dont have our own compound here and we are now staying at some ones compound who has not yet settle to come and stay at that compound.we are experiancing all sort of hardship here due to poverty..thanks for your concern about the family.thank God we are all in good health..we are all greatful to you all because you are really kind people towarsd me and my family..i have to go to the bush or the forest and collect fire woods and sell it to have little fund to support my self and my mother..thats why i had to focuss a lot on my book so as to help my mother and the entire family in the future..

sometimes even to have food becomes a problem..i have expalin to you the last time my life is very sad..it takes me in tears to expalin all that i have been through in my life and my family..

       how is th weaher over there./here its warm and sunny..

i will be sending you my school receipts and results when i pay the school.we used to have exams at every end of term..every three month i have to pay 300 dalsis this include after school classes and computer classe.so for the whole year its about nine thousand dalasis for the whole year.you can see what you can do for me..i am very thankful to you all.send my greetings to all the children and say hi top you all..

hope to hear from you all soon

take care and keep smiling...

bye for now

love Alagie

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