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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: Sussan Williams <suzyww56@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <suzy0007williams@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 02:42:37 +0200
Subject: VERY SERIOUS ISSUE



VERY SERIOUS ISSUEFrom Miss Sussan Williams.(Sierra Leone). Greetings. With warm regrads i offer my friendship,I hope is mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you, as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past. I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit. My name is Miss Sussan William, from Sierra Leone.I have something very important that i would like to confide in you please,I have a reasonable amount of money inherited from my late father (19,2M$ Ninteen Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollar}. I want to invest in your country with a very honest person in a real estate developemnt and hotels managements.I will visit you as soon as my inherited deposit is in your position.I shall be looking forward for receiving your urgent response to this regards. Thanks and God bless you.My sincer regards to you,Miss Sussan.
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