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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: "FROM:SABIN KONE" <skpm450@cheerful.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:12:30 +0100
Subject: FROM:SABIN KONE....GOOD DAY.

FROM :SABIN KONE
IVORY COAST.


Dearest ,

It is a good a thing to write you. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will
I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.Your profile that i saw on the internet
pushed me to send you this mail. I am Sabin kone,19years old and my junior brother
Anthony kone the children of late parents Mr.and Mrs. kone O'Neal from a Royal family in Ghana.

My father was a highly reputable business magnet-(a cocoa merchant)who operated in the capital
of Ivory coast during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one
of his business trips abroad year 12th.Febuary 2001.Though his sudden death was linked or rather
suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time.But
God knows the truth!

Our mother died when I was 13 years old,and since then our father took us so special. Before my fathers
death on Febuary 12 2001 told me he has the sum of Eleven million,seven hundred thousand United State
Dollars.(USD$11.700,000)left in one of the leading security company in Europe.He made the deposit
of the fund in a metalic trunk box as containing family valuable that belongs to a foreign partner.

He further told me that he deposited the box in my name as all the documents bear my name as the depositor,
and for the company not to open the box he made the the beneficary as foreign partner.

I am just 19 years old and a university undergraduate, my only junior brother is 17years old and really
we cannot handle the retrivemet of this fund alone without the help of a foreign partner .
This is because we have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast.
The death of our father actually brought alot sadnees to our life. I am in a sincere desire of your humble
assistance in this regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help us as your family ?
2. Can we completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question
will be good for you ?

Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Through my private email box bellow for
security reasons:(skpm450@cheerful.com)

My sincere regards,
Sabin Kone.

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