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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: "james benson" <panzek10@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:02:53 +0200
Subject: Transfer of u$10.000.000.00 to your account


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