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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: miss larisa <larissa_abana22@live.fr>
Reply-To: <larissa_abana22@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:24:51 +0000
Subject: Hello,



Hello,
complement of the day,it is my plessure to write you as a
friend,after seeing your email contacts today,i was prompted to contact you
through this means as my only chance of survival, i have been praying
for God to send me someone who will take me as his own to help me out
from this situation,i was advised and then i resorted to looking up
profiles on the internet since i do not have any other person as relative or
friend whom i can run to and i thank God for bringing you in my life
,i had a feeling that you will be nice to me before contacting you and i
strongly believe that the blind trust which i have taken the decision
to bestow on you will not be let down by you, i am miss Larisa 22
years,i'm a kind responsible and humble girl from The Republic of Sudan in Dafur Region,
i saw your email today, and it please me and my God to write you with
sincerity and good heart, cause i don't no what to do, please with the name of
Almighty God,write me now for full introduction of my self, and to
tell you the main reason why iam writing to you now,i will send you my
pictures for you to know whom iam ok.please do not let distance, race,
or color be a barier for this help,do not turn your back against me for
Almighty's sake, i will love to hear from you soon..

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