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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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• This email message is a "dying merchant" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ahmed Kuku" <ahmed@ahmedkuku.com>
Reply-To: ahmedlamido002@compaqnet.fr
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 18:52:17 +0000
Subject: IN GOOD FAITH.

Dear Sir ,

As you read this, I don‘t want you to feel sorry for
me, because, I
believe everyone will die someday. My name is AHMED
KUKU a merchant in
Dubai, in the U.A.E.I have been diagnosed with
Esophageal cancer .It has
defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right
now I have only about a
few months to live, according to medical experts. I
have not particularly
lived my life so well, as I never really cared for
anyone (not even myself)
but my business. Though Iam very rich, I was never
generous, I was always
hostile to people and onlyfocused on my business as
that wasthe only thing I
cared for.

But now I regret all this as I now know that there
is more to life than
justwanting to have or make all the money in the
world. I believe when God
gives me a second chance to come to this world I
would live my life a
different way from how I have lived it. Now that God
has called me, I have
willed and given most of my property and assets to
my immediate and extended
familymembers as well as a few close friends.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul
so, I havedecided
togive alms to charity organizations, as I want this
to be one of the
lastgood deeds I do on earth. So far, I have
distributed money to some
charityorganizations in the U.A.E, Algeria and
Malaysia. Now that my health
has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself
anymore. I once asked
membersof my family to close one of my accounts and
distribute the money
which I have there to charity organization in
Bulgaria and Pakistan, they
refused and kept the money to themselves.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not
to be contended with
what I have left for them. The last of my money
which no one knows of is the
huge cashdeposit of eighteen million dollars
$18,000,000,00 that I have with
afinance/SecurityCompany abroad.

I will want you to help me collect thisdeposit and
dispatched it to charity
organizations.I have set aside 20% for you and for
your time.
God be with you.

Ahmed Kuku.

N.B
PLEASE I WILL APPRECIATE THAT YOU REPLY THROUGH MY
PRIVATE EMAIL
(ahmedkuku1010@msn.com)

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