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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: "PASCAL KOUAME" <pascal_kouame1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 06:10:58 +0200
Subject: ASSISTANCE

I hope, this will come to you as a surprise. Is ALMighty God has directed me to you. I am 22 years old, my name is PASCAL KOUAME. My father was personnel manager in the Coffee/cacao resources of Cote d'Ivoire, my father and my mother died one day in the motto accident, today we are orphan children here in my country, before my father died he deposited the sum of 8,5 Million Dollars in one of the security company here in Côte d'Ivoire. Please I want you to assist me financially so that I can transfer the total amount in your country for joint business venture, I and my sister promise to give you 25% of the total amount for your financial assistance for the procedure of this transaction you required to send us all the information need for the transaction.
1) your full name and address to make you the beneficiary of the fund and to enable us submit your full name and address for the claim of the consignment from the security company on your name and take the consignment to the bank and transfer the money to your account,
2) your fax and your telephone number for communication,
3) your bank information to transfer the total fund
All these information's will be used for legal procedure. This transaction will only take 7 working days, declare your interest as soon as you receive this mail and reply me with this email address : pascal_kouame1@yahoo.com
My telephone number is : 00225 07 26 24 87
Please call me immediately you receive. This transaction is confidential for security reason.

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