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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?iyke=20gorge?= <iyke_gorge1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:44:09 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO HELP





ATTEN:

SIR.I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER IT AS A CALL FROM A FAMILY INDARE NEEDAND GIVE IT URGENT AND FAVOURABLE REPLY. MY NAME IS MR.IYKEGORGE , A CITIZEN OF LIBERIA AND THE ONLY SON OF LATEMR.GORGE LUCAS WHO BEFORE HIS DEATH WAS THE MANAGER OFLIBERIA GOLD AND DIAMONDCORPORATION(LIB.G.D.C).IT WAS ONE OF THE ATTACKS BY THE REBELS THAT LEED TO THE KILLINGOF MY DEAR PERENTS AND BELOVED SENIOR SISTER, LEAVING I AND MYJUNIOR SISTHER KAROLIN AS THE ONLY SURVIVORS BECAUSE WE WERE NOTAT HOME. WHEN WE HEARD THE KILLING OF MY PERENTS AND MY SISTERWE FELT UNSAFE IN THE COUNTRY AND WE MANAGED TO ENTER COTE,D IVOREWEST AFRICA.DEAR BELOVED,BEFORE THE DEATH OF OUR FATHER HE TOLD ME ABOUT THESUM OF(25,500,000.000) TWENTY FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDREDTHOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS HE DEPOSITED WITH A FINANCECOMPANY IN EUROPE BEFORE HIS DEATH.REALLY MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO SEEK YOUR ABLE ASSISTANCEAS A FRONT IN MOVING THIS FUND TO YOUR COUNTRY OR IN ANY OF YOURACCOUNT YOU ARE SURE THIS FUND WILL BE SAFE. YOU
WILL ALSO HELPUS TO WISELY INVEST THE MONEY IN AREAS YOU DEEM LUCRATIVE ANDFINALLY OBTAIN A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT FOR US TO STAY COMFORTABLYIN YOUR COUNTRY.WE CAN NOT BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO OUR COUNTRY NOW BECAUSE OF THEPROBLEM STILL GOING ON IN MY COUNTRY LIBERIA AND ALSO BECAUSE WEMIGHT HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL BE AFTER US.SO THIS IS WHY WEWILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY MOVE ROUND AFRICA. PLEASE BEMERCIFUL TO US AND ACCEPT HELPING US IN MOVING THIS FUND INTOYOUR ACCOUNT ABROAD. WE AGREE TO GIVE YOU 20% TO SEE THAT THISIS DONE. WE WILL SEND OUR PROOF AND ALSO LET YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THESECURITY COMPANY WHERE THE FUND IS DEPOSITED. WE WILL OPEN THIS SECRET TO YOU AS SOON AS WE FAVOURABLY HEARFROM YOU AND PLEASE WE WANT YOU TO TREAT THIS TRANSACTION WITHALL CONFIDENTIALITY FOR SECURITY REASONS. AND ASURE US THAT YOUWILL NEVER BETRAY US.MORE DETAILS AND WHAT TO DO NEXT.PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT ALLAVALIBLE DOCUMENTS IS WITH US HERE IN COTE.DIVOIR. AND ALWAYSREMEBER THAT WE COME TO YOU WITH
TRUST AND WILL NOT WANT YOU TOTREAT US AS YOUR BEST FRIEND BROTHER AND SISTER AS WE JOIN OURHANDS TOGETHER TO WORK THIS OUT.WE WILL BE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM YOU.THANKS AND GOD BLESS. BEST REGARDS,MR.IYKE GORGE.





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