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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: Mr.J Koroma <don.patrick4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: euromillionsec@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:01:36 +0100
Subject: trustworthy


Dear sir,
I got your address from the internet and i believe you are an established and =
trustworthy person to work with.

My name is Mr. J. Koroma and my elder brother which I am sure you are =
familiar with, was the former leader of the AFRC(Armed forces ruling council =
of Sierra leone)Major Johnnypaul Koroma.He headed the Sierra leone government =
for sometime, during the Sierra leone rebel war. Before he fled Sierra leone =
he revealed to me and his wife the existence of 250 kilos of Gold dust. We =
have tried for several years to bring this goods out of Africa and finally we =
did with the help of a diplomat. I am now in Spain with the Gold dust .I am =
now looking for a reliable patner who will help us to sale the goods and use =
the proceeds to invest in a long term business investment.

Please get back to me as soon as posible.
Mr.J Koroma

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