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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: victoria2005@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:27:51 +0000
Subject: PLEASE CONSIDER MY REQUEST


FROM: MRS VICTORIA MURAKONE
ABIDJAN, IVORY-COAST
WEST AFRICA

DEAR FRIEND,


IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE TO YOU AFTER OUR SEVEN DAYS OF FASTING AND PRAYERS,
l AM MRS VICTORIA MURAKONE, THE WIFE OF LATE MR. DESMOND MURAKONE, FROM
KWA-ZULU NATAL IN REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, I AM 47 YEARS OF AGE, MY HUSBAND
OWNS A LIMITED OF COCOA AND GOLD BUSINESS IN JOHANESBURG SOUTH AFRICAOUR
COUNTRY.AFTER HIS TRIP TO ABIDJAN COTE D'IVIORE TO NEGOTIATE ON A COCOA
AND GOLD BUSINESS HE WANTED TO INVEST IN ABIDJAN HERE . ONE WEEK HE CAME
BACK FROM HIS TRIP TO ABIDJAN, HE HAD A FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT WITH MY DAUGHTER
OF WHICH MY DAUGHTER DIED INSTANTLY BUT MY HUSBAND DIED AFTER FIVE DAYS
IN APRIVATE HOSPITAL IN MY COUNTRY .

IT WAS LIKE MY HUSBAND KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DIE AND MAY HIS GENTLE SOUL
REST IN PREFECT PEACE . HE DISCLOSED TO ME AND MY SON THAT HE DEPOSITEDTHE
SUM OF EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS, (US$8,500,000)
INTO ONE OF THE BANK HERE IN COTE D'IVIORE, THAT THE MONEY WAS MEANT FOR
HIS COCOA AND GOLD BUSINESS HE WANTED TO ESTABLISH IN ABIDJAN.

MY HUSBAND REVEAL TO ME WHERE HE HANG-UP THE DOCUMENTS COVERING THE LODGEMENT
AND INSTRUCTED ME AND MY ONLY SON TO SEEK FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUST WORTHY
BUSINESS PARTNER FOR OUR LIFE TIME INVESTMENT AND THAT IS WHY I DECIDED
TO CONTACT YOU , NOW I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN LOCATING THE BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN,
IVORY-COAST AND I HAVE CONCLUDED WITH THE BANK MODALITIES OF TRANSFERRING
THE MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT ABROAD. NOW I AM ASKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE
TO HELP ME PROVIDE AN ACCOUNT FACILITY WHERE I CAN TRANSFER THE MONEY INTO
SO THAT WE CAN INVEST IT IN ANY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY BECAUSE
THIS IS OUR ONLY HOPE IN LIFE I AND MY SON HAVE PROMISED TO GRATIFY YOU
WITH 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE .

I AM WAITING ANXIOUSLY TO HEAR FROM YOU SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THE MODALITIES
OF THIS TRANSACTION, YOU CAN CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY FOR MORE DISCUSSION
.

THANKS FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE

YOURS SINCERELY,
MRS.VICTORIA MURAKONE AND SON.





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