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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: "sarah guessan" <sarah_guessan@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:02:59 +0100 (CET)
Subject: REVIEW MY SECRET TO YOU


Dearest trusted one,
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Based on your profile, the trust and God's divine guidance that I have=
this great oppoutunity linking up to you, though we have not meet befo=
re but I believe that one have to risk in confiding his secret to succe=
ed sometimes in life.
=20
My name is Miss Sarah Guessan,a 22 years old undergraduate.I am only da=
ughter of chief/Mrs Paul Guessan a major cocoa exporter cum politician.=
I am native of Nyala in southern Darfur in Sudan, Africa.
=20
I was born out of tragic fate. my mother died from cancer when I was on=
ly 4 years old,my father nurtured me with great care and love before he=
met his own untimely death,he was poison by his buisness associate whi=
le my father spent 2 painful days at hospital before he eventually died=
my uncle seized all my father's companies and properties because of =
our traditionl believe that i'm a woman.I was left with nothing and dro=
pped out of shool because of finacial difficulties and my uncle's wicke=
d attitude.=20
=20
my father told me a deep secret on his sick bed which I want to share =
with you in a full confidentiality.He deposited a huge sum of six mill=
ion five hunderd thousand Dollers (6.5,OOO,OOO USD)in one of reputable =
security company in Ivory Coast because of polictical instability in ou=
r country Sudan without the knowledge of my uncle.presently I'm in ivor=
y coast since the civil war broke out in Sudan as a refugee in one of m=
issionary home while my uncle flew to the london with his children.alth=
ough I have contacted the security company they comfirmed the logdement=

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