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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
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Fraud email example:

From: Mohammed Musa <med_musa26@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <m.musa_sn@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:39:00 +0200
Subject: Hello Please,


Hello Please,
Sorry for any inconveniences because this is a deal that will benefit both me and you If only you can work with me on honesty,
This Information might meet you in utmost surprise, However,This is on the regards of my urgent needs for a foreign partnership,This do push me to contact you for this transaction.Well, I am Mr. Mohammed Musa by name and a banker by profession from Dakar REPUBLIC OF Senegal in WEST AFRICA and currently holding the post of auditing general in a bank here in Senegal,I discovered a deposited funds, $36.700.000.00 Million United State Dollars in our auditing course.
I have this opportunities to transfer this left over funds $36.700.000.00 Million United State Dollars to any of your well positioned bank account with the influence of my office as theauditing general of this esteemed bank, The rightful client who owns this fund died in the shatter plane which crashed on a mountain in the Kenya city of sumburu on 21stJuly,2003
You can confirm the genuineness of the deceased death by clicking on this website :http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
I am now inviting you for a deal, As this money will be shared between us in the ratio 60:40 if you agree with my proposals and willing to work it out with me on trust and honesty without a plan for future betrayal after the confirmation of this funds in yourbank account ???
I am eagerly waiting for your urgent response for more details and to ensure your clear understandings before we proceed,
Regards,Mohammed Musa.
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