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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: "Sabin Kone" <faith4ksabin@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 19:22:57 +0100
Subject: From:Sabin kone Good day.

FROM:SABIN MIMI KONE
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVORIE

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:( sabin450@cheerful.com )

My sincere regards,
Sabin Kone.

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