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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: "michael mobutu" <foreignpartner@businessinvestment.org>
Reply-To: prince9@mail2world.com
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 05:23:46 +0000
Subject: THIS WILL BENEFIT YOU,BUT CAN YOU BE TRUSTED?.

It's my pleasure to send you this mail which I hope you will treat as HIGHLY
CONFIDENTIAL.I am Prince Michael Randolph Mobutu Seseseko,son of the late
President Mobutu SeseSekou of Zaire,new Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC).There is war going on in my country and so my family members escaped
to Morocco while i have been moving from boder to boder and only arrived in
lagos,Nigeria yesterday.Due to the present crises,it is not safe to put any
investment in my country and besides most of my father's properties and
account have been seized by the government of Laurent Kabila.Now,I want to
set up Viable Business Ventures in your country.I sincerely have the sum of
US$9,000,000(nine million United States dollars) set aside for this
project,but I would not want my name or family's name to be used for
security reasons.I am prepared to offer you 12% (or a re-negotiated sum) of
the total amount remitted,if you assist me in claiming the funds from the
financial and security vault in london,where i deposited the box containing
the funds in my name before my fathers death.Please contact me if you are
interested and capable of helping by sending your telephone/fax numbers for
me to reach you because I cannot receive any international call due to my
condition.I need is a reliable,honest,decent and solvent person or a
reputable company to assist me in this deal.If you can convince me of your
honesty and profound interest in this deal,then i can proceed to furnish you
with the details of this transaction. All i need is your assurance that you
are solvent and capable of handling a transaction of this magnitude,and that
my share of the money will be safe with you.I honestly assure you that this
deal is 100% risk-free,infact you can read more about my father on this web
link's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mobutu AND
www.facts.com/wnd/mobutu2.htm .I look forward to your prompt reply.

Best regards,
Prince Michael Randolph Mobutu

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