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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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  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: Yvette Garang <vip_evette5@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: vip_yvette@yahoo.ca
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:11:58 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: COMPLIMENTS


Dear beloved,

Kindly accept my apology for sending mail to you.I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database on your country through Internet. I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and fragile political situation in my country Sudan but it has formed consistent headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/08/mil-050801-39bd3397.htm

I am Miss Yvette Garang from the Republic of Sudan, the Daughter of Late Dr. John Garang. Before my late father’s death, was Vice President of Sudan and was kill by Sudan President Omar al Bashir in helicopter crash.

The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek you assistance in the area of my future investment and also for a help hand over some amount of money my Late father deposited for me as beneficiary.This money is Five Millon Two Hundred Thousand Dollars my late father deposited for me here in Senegal some years ago.

Now i am in Dakar Senegal, I came here after the death of my parents and i am in search of a foreign partner to help me retrieve the money from the Bank and also help me relocate to his /her country and invest in real estate and industrial productions. I have contacted the concern bank so many times but what they told me was due to my refugee status they will not release the fund to me, therefore i should present somebody or a company to stand on my behalf.

I am now asking you to please help me stand on my behalf to make this claim, stand as my partner oversea and in time of the investment as well. Please if you are willing to assist me,indicate your interest in replying soonest. You can read about the death of my late father on newspaper report above.

Yours Miss Yvette



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