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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: burles4u2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 05:54:31 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?INVESTMENT=2E?=

INVESTMENT.

ATTN: Sir/Madam
You may be surprised to receive my letter, however, I
Have decided to contact you for confidential, Urgent
And rewarding joint business.

My name is MR Burton Charles; I was a Personal Assistant to the Late Congo
President,LAURENT KABILA, who was assassinated in February 2001 and my aim
of writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest person,
who I can
entrust the sum of US$18,800,000(Eighteen million),

Eight hundred thousand US Dollars). Source of the money: the late president
and I secured this money in a security firm in Ghana, in my name before
his death.Now that he is late, I want to transfer the money out of Africa,for
investment
in your country, I can not travel out of Nigeria where I am on asylum, hence
I am asking for your Assistance to have this money in your care pending
when I will secure travel documents to come over to your country.

If you accept this offer we shall share the money as follows: for you,
40%,60% for me. I have all the title documents to the fund, which I can
transfer to You to enable you have assessed to it. Be assured that is risk-free
and legitimate. Please advise me on your position by e-mail immediately,Indicating
your phone and fax numbers. Your quick response will be highly
appreciated.

PLS REPLY ME through MY PRIVATE
E-MAIL:(burton_charles1@fastermail.com)
Regards.

MR Burton Charles.






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