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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.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031870924 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: rose bundu <rose_bundu3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rose_omarbundu4@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:12:46 +0000
Subject: Reply as soon as possible



11,Bluestem Road,Ransomes Park, Ipswich, IP3 9RR.United KingdomTel: +447031870924

Greetings dear
Please kindly permit me to introduce my self, i am Madam Rose Bundu married to late Mr Omar Bundu Kamara .We were married for 22 years and was blessed with only one child Richy who died of a fatal accident just last two month . Ever since the death of our only hier/ child i have not found joy and happenies. Having been suffering from cancer and couppled with the death of my only child , my doctors informed me that my faith of surviving in the near future hangs on a balance considering my health situation at moment. Knowing fully well that i haven't any child that will inherit my fortress , i reasoned rather that it will please God seeing that i donate my fortune (£3.800.000 )THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLINGS ) to the charity and other social/humanitarian organisations as my token and good will contribution towards helping the needy, the poor and the less privilaged in the sociaty in stead of dying and leaving this funds at the bank. There is also some quantity of Gold my late husband had deposited with a security firm which when desposed , the money generated from sales will also be channeled towards charity/humanitarian services. I need a sincere and honest person or organisation that i can entrust or bequeth the said funds to his or her care for onward disbursement to the charity and other well meaning humanitarian serives on my behalf; if you promise to have this noble service rendered on my behalf as my appointed and chosen trustee , then you can get me contacted back as soon as possible so that i can prepare and forward to you legal power /an authorization letter that will bequest you with every legal power as my chosen trustee to have this fund received , managed and disbursed accordingly to the charity and social / humanitarian service . SincerelyMadam Rose Omar Bundu Kamara
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