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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" <trustisthekey@businessinvestment.org>
Reply-To: mobutu_45@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 03:02:58 +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, son of the late President
Mobutu SeseSekou of Zaire,new Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).There was
war going on in my country and so my family members escaped to Morocco while
i have for seven {7} years, been moving from boder to boder,country to
country.Yesterday i managed to find my way into lagos a western boarder town
of Nigeria.This Country is too big and there are so many Nationalities
here.I will simply seek an old friend to reside with.Due to my fathers
tarnished image and past crises,it is not safe to put any investment in my
country.Seven troubled years has passed and everything has supposedly died
down. Now I want to set up Viable Business Ventures in your country.I
sincerely have the sum of US$29,000,000(Twenty 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 received,if you assist me in claiming
the funds from the financial and security vault in london,where i deposited
two {2} boxes 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 present condition.What 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.I need 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 and family on this web
link www.facts.com/wnd/mobutu2.htm .I look forward to your prompt reply.

Best regards,
Prince Michael Randolph Mobutu sesesekou.

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