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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: Susan Lamine <sulamine06@msn.com>
Reply-To: <susanlamine@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 01:30:10 +0000
Subject: Greetings from Susan Lamine



Greetings from Susan Lamine


Dearest One,


With warm heart I offer my friendship and greetings to you and I hope that this mail will meets you in good time.


However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not meet personally or had any dealings in the past.
I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit.


My name is Susan Lamine from Republic of Sierra-Leone. I have something very important that i would like to confide in you Please,I have a reasonable amount of money which i inherited from my late father (5 Million Seven Hundred thousand United States Dollar}. US$5.700.000.00. which I want to invest in your country with you and again in a very profitable venture.


Currently I am residing in Ivory coast now where my late father deposited the money with one of the Prime Finance company here.


I have to make things very clear to you because of what is happening in the international commiunty today that a lot of bad people are going around and that makes it very difficult for people like me that needed geniune assistance to be helped,but i beleive with God all things are possible.


So I expecting your reply for more explanation. Please i'm urgently waiting for your response and I am conceding 15% of this money to you for your efforts assistance.


I will wait here untill i hear from you.
Thanks and God bless you.
My sincer regards to you,
Susan Lamine

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