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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: husman_ahmed@sify.com
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:40:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPONSE IS NEEDED


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:husman_ahmedaa@yahoo.com.co



- Good Day To You, My Name is MR Husman AHMED i am the Director of Operation in Royal Trust Security Finance I Uk, Please, I am using today opportunity to contact you to assist us to claim this fund for us from Guarantee Trust Security Company in Netherland, the fund is ($50 Million USD) which we have make all the necessary arrangement down so please you don't have any problem with anybody when you get to the Company, because i am going to give you the contact of the company that will back you up and all the documents concerning this transaction. And they will assist you to open 3 different account where the fund will be split so that you won't have any problem with anyone when you want to transfer the money into your Country.Please, what we need from you is your information, Full Name, Home Address, Cell phone and Fax Number, your private Email, International passport, as soon as you do that i am going to give you the contact of the people in Netherland, they will invest you as soon as you contact them. Please i want you to have confidence in this fund, because it's a free fund and legal tender everywhere in the whole world, it's not a TERRORIST/DRUG MONEY it's a free fund, please as soon as you send us your information i will give you the contact of the Finance Company in Netherland and you should make your arrangement to travel, the percentage , you will receive %50 and outside will receive %40 and 10% will be for expenses and %50 will be for your side. So please, we need your help and we want you to keep it in a secret confidential matter because we've been doing this with a lot of people and we succeed, Dear Client what we need from your side give us your information and I want you to have confidence on us, Please we want you to be obedience to us be a straight forward person, so that we can have confidence on your as soon as you receive the fund and I myself with my colleagues will travel down to your Country as soon as you receive the fund for us. I have confidence we have made all the arrangement down for you what we need is your information as soon as you do that we would give you the contact of the people. Thanks MR Husman AHMED

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