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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: frankchesson@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:15:18 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?IN=20GOOD=20FAITH?=

FROM:MR.FRANK CHESSON
AVENUE 23, RUE 33,
BARREE COCODY
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
WEST AFRICA
TEL:00 22507830987
E-MAIL:frankchesson@yahoo.com

Dearest Beloved,

It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since I can not
be able to see you face to face at first.

Being the first and the only son of my father, late PRINCE ROBERT CHESSON
from BETE in the Republic of COTE D'IVOIRE AFRICA. I am 17 years of age.
My father was limited liability cocoa and gold merchant in ABIDJAN before
his untimely death after his business trip to SWITZERLAND,to
negotiate on a cocoa business.

A week after he came back from SWISS, he was assassinated with my mother
by unknown assassins. Which my mother died,instantly, but my father died
after five days in hospital,on that faithful afternoon.

I didn't know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my mother,But
before he gave up the ghost,it was as if he knew he was going to die,May
his soul rest in (perfect peace) he disclose to me that he deposited the
sum of USD$6.5M (SIX MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)in
a PRIVATE BANK here in ABIDJAN.

That the money was meant for his cocoa business he wanted to invest in Abidjan-Côte
d'Ivoire. Though, according to my father he deposited the money in his own
name.

He personally handed over to me the document and lodging and verifying informations
of the said deposit with the bank, and instructed me to seek for a life
time investment partner abroad.

Now that I have succeeded in locating the Bank and also confirmed the money
is in there, i will appreciate if you will treat this matter with the strictest
level of confidentiality and honesty for our mutual benefits.

Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me lift this money out from
The Bank to your account abroad so that we could invest it in any lucrative
business ventures in your country.

I am waiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities
of this transaction.

Thanks for your kind attention and mutual understanding.

Best regards

Mr.Frank Chesson.



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