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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 Varisa" <missvarisa@inmail24.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: missvarissa@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:46:04 +0000
Subject: hello dear


Hello Dearly =2C
How is your day hope fine=2C i am miss Varisa from the united state an official member of the WORLD INFORMATION TRASFER=2E
I am Please to pass to you this vital information=2C concerning the forth coming conference which would be held here in USA by the febuary 2008=2C I would be glad to attend the conferences with you as a friend and partner=2E
This conference would talk about WAR AGAINST INDICIPLINE AND CURRUPTION and so many other topics that benefits you=2E
Our organization=2C=28WORLD YOUTH INFORMATION TRANSFER=29 would provide you an Urgent Visa =28traveling statuts=29=2C and your living expenses through out your stay in the conference session=2E
However=2C i am inviting you as a freind and future partner=2C it would eventaully help us to get closer=3B our intimacy=2E
Everything concerning yor travelling menu=2C will be done and proccessed here in the united state to enable you attend the conference=2E and will be forwared to the Embassy in your country to alter the rate of endorsing your Visa in the Consular section in your country thereby facilitating your visa proccess=2E
Finally=2C for more information about your registration otherwise=2C kindly contact =28missvarissa=40yahoo=2Ecom =3Chttp=3A=2F=2Fus=2Ef620=2Email=2Eyahoo=2Ecom=2Fym=2FCompose=3FTo=3Dmissvarissa=40yahoo=2Ecom=3E=29
while we hope get more acquinted=2E
Yours Respectfully=2C
Dr=2E Varisa=2E

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