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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: joy_hatch@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:35:11 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=3A=20JOY=20HATCH=20AND=20KEVIN?=

FROM: JOY HATCH AND KEVIN
ABIDJAN.IVORY COAST
WEST-AFRICA
E-MAIL ME AT/ joy_hatch9@yahoo.co.uk

DEAR ,

PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF ENTERING INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOU.

I PRAYED OVER IT AND SELECTED YOUR NAME AMOUNG TWO NAMES DUE TO IT'S ESTEEMING
NATURE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN TO ME AS A REPUTABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY
PERSON I CAN DO BUSINESS WITH AND BY THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS I MUST NOT HESITATE
TO CONFIDE IN YOU FOR THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS. I JOY HATCH THE
DAUGHTER OF LATE DR AND MRS.DAVID HATCH, MY FAHTER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA
MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN. THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST BEFORE HE
WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING
TO DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS DEAL.

WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1995. MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL
BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH NOVEMBER
2002 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS
BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF US$1,000 000 (ONE MILLION, UNITED
STATES DOLLARS) LEFT IN A LOCAL BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN.

HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS
POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER
IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR
INVESTMENT PURPOSE.

(SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT).I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE
IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS :

TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERED TO SERVE
AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND AND MY YOUNGER BROTHER KEVIN IS 20 YEARS.TO
MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR US TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER OUR EDUCATION
AND TO SECURE A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT IN YOUR COUNTRY.

MOREOVER, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION
FOR YOUR EFFORT INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR
NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS.

FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE
THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS YOU SIGNIFY
INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.

I WILL APPRECIATE YOU SEND ME E-MAIL.THROUGH THIS EMAIL BOX (joy_hatch9@yahoo.co.uk)ANTICIPATING
TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.AND PLEASE DO HURRY TO ASSIST US OUT HERE NOW THAT
THIS COUNTRY IS IN POLITICAL CHOAS ,WE URGENTLY NEEDS YOUR KIND ATTENTION.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS

JOY AND KEVIN HATCH



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