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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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  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: Fred Kabou Akassi <fredkabouakassi@owomonie.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:39:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Respectful
































Dear Respectful,
 
I know such letter of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried,However I have decided to contact you by e-mail due to the urgency of this. However, I am compelled to deliver this offer to you, to seek your assistance on a profitable business opportunity that requires a foreign reliable partner for it to succeed.
 
I had been a male Medical student of the Njala University College. My name is fred Kubou Akassi, 20 years from Sierra Leone .But the political crisis in my country had forced me to withdraw for now. Few  years ago, My father Dr Michel Kubou Akassi and I escaped from our country to Cote d'Ivoire at the heat of the civil war after loosing my mother and two of my junior sister in the war, My father being a highly reputable doctor and politician in my country he was a prime target. Fortunately for me , I was in school when the attack took place.
 
But before the death of my father in 19th june 2008,He made it clear to me that he deposited some money up to the sum of $6.2m. which he had earlier confided in me was for the establishment of a medical establishment oversees, as stated in his will. In my father's will, he specifically made it clear " THAT I CAN ONLY INHERIT THE MONEY IF IT IS SPECIFICALLY USED FOR THE PURPOSE HE INTENDED FOR IT TO BE USED! And that is to establish a medical institute in a foreign country, with the kind assistance of a foreign medical doctor, or a reliable businessman/woman, clergyman, or philantropist.He wanted me to practice out of my country because of the unpredictable and seroius potitical crises.
 
Accordingly, I intend to invest in your country in the direction that my father had indicated before his death. This is my reason for writing to you. If you are willing to assist me please indicate your interest. 

OUR PECENTAGE SHARING WOULD BE: 75% FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOSPITAL ABROAD 20% FOR YOUR SERVICES 5% FOR INTERNATIONAL / LOCAL EXPENCES INCURED. Please if you have any question, I will be too willing to answer it.Please treat as confidential! Hoping to hear from you soonest.
 
Thanks and best re gards.
Fred Kubou Akassi

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