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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: "MARK KABILA" <skyrobby5@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: markkabila190@email.ky
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 05:31:34 -0800
Subject: From Mark

ATTN: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/ C.E.O

SIR,

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINES ASSISTANCE

I am Mark Mpeti Kabila (Jnr) the second son of late
President LAURENT DESIRE KABILA the immediate past
President of THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO in
Africa who was murdered by his personal bodyguards in
his bedroom on Tuesday 16th January 2001. I am
contacting you bearing in mind that you will be of
good assistance to me in a business that will benefit
both of us. My late father was in OIL and DIAMOND
business ties with a former president in an African
country and this president has just contacted me and
informed me of a huge sum of money he is to pay my
late father as principal and interest accrued to the
money both of them realized from the business.
The total sum is $65 MILLION (Sixty-five million
United States Dollars). I want you to receive this
money in your account so that I will invest it in a
business as you may direct me. I do not want my half
brothers to know about this money because we all come
from different mothers and nobody is ready to disclose
which asset is in his possession. Our eldest brother
Joseph, who is now ruling our country, is not left out
in this feud.
There has been chaos in my family since our father’s
demise and since I am the only person aware of this
transaction between my father and his partner and he
has agreed to keep the transaction blind to my family
members, I am contacting you from London where the
money has been deposited with a security firm with an
open beneficiary, And after the successful completion
of this transaction, I will then relocate to your
country for investment.
I want you to understand this business and to know
your commitments; and as soon as you comply with the
agreements, you will be needed in any of their
offshore payments delivery center to act as the
beneficiary.
What I actually want from you is your private
telephone and fax numbers for easy contact. Also
needed are your bank particulars. It may also
interest you to know that I will give you 30% of the
fund for providing the account and for helping me. I
have also set aside 5% of the fund to take care of all
the expenses we might incur in the course of the
transaction. Please feel free to send me a fax or
emails with the above Tel/Fax numbers as soon as you
receive this letter.
Thanks and God Bless.

Regards,

MARK MPETI KABILA (JNR).

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