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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: "Edward C.Cecil" <dcecil77@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: edwardcecil2@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:28:47 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend

From:The desk of Mr.Edward .C.Cecil

ATTENTION,


Let it not be surprising that I am contacting you through this medium. Though, I have not gotten any previous correspondence with you. I am personally contacting you for the first time, hoping you will assist me based on the reality of this transaction.

My name is Edward Charles Cecil the former adviser on SPECIAL DUTIES to the ousted Charles Taylor: President of Liberia in West African. The recent development in my country is no more news to the world. President Charles Taylor, after losing his ambition to remain as President of Liberia, left to neighboring African country, for political asylum including his Ministers and his Political Associate, everybody is at large.

During my tenure as the adviser on special duties, I happen to be in charge of finance on his political ambition. It was while on this privilege position that I kept in my custody the sum of Eighteen Million and Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$18.5m), without the fore knowledge of the President. More so, the fragile political system in Africa does not encourage me on long-term investment project. This is the reason I am asking for your
assistance to deposit this funds offshore for out right investment.

This fund is currently kept with a safe/trust security company in TOGO, in a neighboring West African country in disguise as Family precious materials.
I hereby agree to compensate your sincerely for your candid effort to assist in this regard with 20% of the fund when finally received by you through our pre-arranged strategies to move out the funds from Togo. However, I have sent my son to Europe in regard to this transaction. Every arrangement has been concluded on the safest way to move this fund to Europe.

I want you to understand that this must be kept in utmost confidentiality and secrecy, as my future welfare hugely depends on it.
Be rest assured that this is the beginning of long-term relationship between us. I do not intend to contact anyone else until I am convinced that you are not capable to handle this transaction.

You can call on my son on this security line .[+31 619 098 734). for discussion. Note that I am using this email address for security reasons. Reply through this email.{edwardcecil2@netscape.net}

THANKS WHILE I WAIT FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY.

Best regards.
Edward Charles Cecil

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