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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • monsn@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "monica moris" <moni_4sn@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: monsn@hotmail.fr
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 12:07:50 +0200
Subject: thanks

Dear Sir,
Forgive my indignation if this message come to you as a surprise and if it might offend you without your prior consent and mailing through this channel.
I am monica Fonse Moris the Daugther of the former business man Santo Fonse Moris, (late),a dealer of gold & Diamond and minerals in Sierra Leone and gained illicit access to diamond .As <http://diamonds.as/> a result of the on-going problem in my country,my father was on a travelling with my mother, two younger ones my sister and brother.UnfortunateIy,my father car had a terrible accident and they were all perished. I lost the whole family due to that terrible incident and coupled with my country's war I had to live my home country since I had lost virtually the whole family. I am also to tell you that I am 28 years old, beautiful and charming good looking girl,honest and sincere. I am presently residing Dakar-Senegal with my Aunty. I came in here with my late father's valuable documents covering his assets with the finance company in which he deposited some diamond and funds in the vaults with the firm.
This Diamonds and money was deposited by my late father before he died,the amount is $8 m while the diamond is 22 Carats gold diamond worth about $1.2m for market value with a finance & Securities firm in Dakar,Senegal. I will gladly appreciate for you to assist me to relocate these assets from the holding company to your country for business investment.That is to say you are not going to pay for transfer fee.The company would transfer these assets to your position without charging you any money.
I have finally made up my mind to leave the rest of my lives in a more peacefull and political stable country like yours.I shall willingly agree to any suitable percentage or condition we may arrive on the choice as compensation for your assistance.I will be waiting to your reply.Plaese email thro;monsn@hotmail.fr </ym/Compose?To=monsn@hotmail.fr>
Thanks.
Yours Faithfully,
Miss.monica Fonse Moris

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