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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: "fRANK Diallo" <f_diallo112@hotmail.com>
Date: 7 Jun 2005 03:33:44 -0700
Subject:

Please be our foreign partner

Please be our foreign Partner.


Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:33:43 +0000
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed


PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.

MY NAME IS FRANK DIALLO, I AM 22 YEARS OLD AND FROM
SIERRA LEONE IN WEST AFRICA. I AM URGENTLY SEARCHING
FOR A GOD FEARING AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON WHO WILL HELP
ME WITH MY INHERITANCE. I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM A
MEMBER OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WHO PAID US VISIT IN
OUR REFUGEE CAMP AFTER MY MOTHER AND I HAVE TOLD HIM
OUR STORY AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

I AM THE ELDEST AND ONLY SON OF MY LATE FATHER DR.
ANDERSON DIALLO. MY FAHTER WAS A VERY RICH POLITICIAN
AND A CRUDE OIL BUSINESS MAN IN GABON AND NIGERIA. HE
WAS KILLED BY THE REBELS WHO CAUSED THE CIVIL WAR IN
MY COUNTRY SIERRA LEONE. MY FAHTER'S HOUSES, CARS,
MONEY IN BANKS ARE ALL LOST DURING THE WAR. I ESCAPED
WITH MY MOTHER AND KID SISTER TO GHANA AND SINCE THEN
WE HAVE BEEN LEAVING AS REFUGEES IN REFUGEE CAMP.NOW
MY FATHER HAVE ONE LAST PROPERTY WHICH IS TWO TRUNK
BOXES CONTAINING $8 MILLION US DOLLARS. HE KEEP THEM
AS FAMILY VALUABLES WITH A SECURITY AND INSURANCE
COMPANY HERE ACCRA GHANA.

NOW ACCORDING TO OUR TRADITION I AM THE HEIR TO MY
LATE FATHER SO PRESENTLY I AM NOW ACTING ON BEHALF OF
MY FAMILY.
WHEN I WENT TO THE SECURITY COMPANY TO NOTIFY THEM
FOR CLAIM ALONG WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTS WHICH MY LATE
FATHER GAVE TO ME, I WAS TOLD OF THE AGREEMENT WHICH
MY FATHER MADE WITH THEM. THAT ON HIS ABSENCE, THE
BOXES SHOULD BE RELEASED TO HIS NEXT OF KIN (WHICH IS
I) TOGETHER WITH HIS FOREIGN PARTNER.
SO THIS IS WHERE I NEED YOUR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.
I WANT TO PRESENT YOU AS MY FOREIGN
BENEFICIARY TO THE SECURITY COMPANY SO THAT THE BOXES
CAN BE RELEASED AND DELIVERED TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY.
THEN AFTER YOU WILL HELP ME WITH AN INVITATION TO FLY
DOWN TO YOU SO THAT I CAN PUT THE MONEY IN A GOOD
INVESTMENT WHICH YOU WILL ALSO SHOW TO ME. I ALSO WANT
TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION THERE.
FOR THIS HELP MY MOTHER AND I HAVE AGREED TO GIVE YOU
20% OF THE MONEY AND WILL ALSO TAKE OUT 5% FOR ANY
EXPENSES ALONG THE WAY.

PLEASE THIS MONEY IS ALL WE HAVE AS HOPE FOR
THE FUTURE SO I AM BEGGING YOU TO TAKE THIS SERIOUS
AND REPLY US QUICKLY.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.

FRANK DIALLO.

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