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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: Linda Wilkson <linda0_40wilkson@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <lindawilkson303@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:56:32 +0000
Subject: Dear One,we need your help thanks



Dear One,
It is our pleasure to acquaint you with this message for the purpose of investment in your company. I am Miss Linda Wilkson the only daughter of late George Wilkson with my brother Bangura the only son.we are from Sierra Leone.But our late father came to Abidjan/Cote d'Ivoire to make a deposit of his money when he was alive , due to political crisis in our country Sierra-Leone .He was a Gold and Diamond merchant based in Freetown Sierra-Leone. As a result of the political instability in Sierra-Leone, my late father went to Abidjan Cote d'ivoire republic with a sum of($12.5 million USD) when he was alive, he had the deposit with one of the banks here in Abidjan/Cote d'Ivoire . The money is kept in a special fixed deposit account on behalf of a foreign partner which was not mentiond to the bank on the day of the deposit before his untimely death. I am here seeking for an avenue to transfer this money to a reliable and trustworthy individual for an investment programmes in your country. We are here as a refugee because of the political crisis in our Country Sierra Leone. Please we would offer you 10% of the total sum of $12.5 million USD for your assistance us in tranferring this money to your country in your bank account. Please we need to transfer this money urgently because delay would not help at all and we need to relocate to your country based on the political instability over here in this sub-region, to enable us continue our education because we were students before the sudden death of our father. Your immediate response would be appreciated,please email us back for more details.Please kindly come for our help,we are not going to let you down for any reason.Help us we are going brain drain over here, due to we are no more going to school,we need to come over to your country to continue our education and also to make a better future of our life. Best regards,
Linda and Bangura wilkson
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