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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: kenneth_kabongo@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:15:05 +0000
Subject: FROM KENNETH G. KABONGO

Dear One
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don?t know
each other before but for purpose of introduction, I am MR.KENNETH G.KABONGO:
Auditor in One of the International Bank here in Abidjan the capital of
Cote d'ivoire.

There is an account opened in this Bank in 1980 and since 1990 nobody has
operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the
records, I discovered that if I do not remmit this money out urgently it
would be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is MR SMITH B. ANDREAS, a foreigner, and a miner
at Kruger Gold Co., A Geologist by profession and he died since 1990.

No other person know about this account or anything concerning it, the account
has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved To me as well that
his company does not know anything about his account and the amount involved
is (US$ 18.5)Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved
to a local Bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because
the money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr. Smith
B. Andreas is a foreigner too.

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we do not know
ourselves before. We will sign agreement but be sure that it is real and
a genuine business. Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the
next step to take immediately. Send also your private phone and fax number
including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit.

I want us to meet in person or sign a binding agreement to bind us together
so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account
of your choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country
for withdrawal and sharing and other investments.

I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign
account and foreign beneficiary.I need your full co-operation to make this
work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner, who had correct information of this account which I will give
to you later if you are able and willing to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for a mutual
benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life.


I need truthful person in this business because I don?t want to make mistake,
I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office
I can transfer this money to any foreigners reliable account, which you
can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical
arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction
immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.

You can also come to discuss with in person after whom I will make this
remittance in your presence and two of us will fly to your country at least
two days ahead of the money going into the account. I will apply for annual
leave to get VISA immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act
and receive this fund in your account with appropriate clearance forms of
the ministries and foreign exchange departments.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 20% of the total amount
,75% will be for me, and while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during the process of the transferring. I look forward to
your earliest reply and PLEASE REPLY DIRECTLY PERSONAL EMAIL:kenneth2004kabongo@yahoo.com
Yours truly,

KENNETH G. KABONGO

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