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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: "Mr.Okolo Emmanuel" <okolo_mmnl@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:22:30 +1000
Subject: Business Information.

Dear sir,
I wish to contact you of the more recent discovery of large quantity of gold in the western Kenya and the new gold rush in the Ikilomani district.The first discovery was by the Colonial prospects in the early 1930s and initial exploits by the British Canadian Multinationals operating under licence issued by the then British Colonial administrators.
Mining took place without compensation over the years of the precious metals which dwindle to uneconmic quantities.Companies such as the Geita Gold Mine and Rotherman Mining Company packed up their equipments and departed.Extracting the precious metal become too expensives with the cost of processing exceeding the price being offered on the London and New York metals market.
But with the recent high price of gold in area around Lirhembe village,Ikolo-mani district in the Kakemega region.
Interested miners and geologist are wanted for exploration through the help and employment of local farmers diggers at a cheap and affordable salary rates.
Interested miners should apply for their Licence with 100USD FOR application and procurement forms obtainable at the Senegalaise liasion office of the Kenyan Embassy. Dakar.And for more details of the process and procurement of Licence, contact Mr. Okolo Emmanuel------The procurement Administrator-------Tel---00221-513-85-51.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Okolo Emmanuel.

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