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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: "pedro kebe" <pedro1@vitalogy.org> (may be fake)
Reply-To: pedrokebe@yahoo.co.nz
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:17:02 +0100
Subject: joint-venture

Sir,

I am writting this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since
we have not known or met ourselves previously I am asking for your
assistance after I have gone through a profile that speaks good of you.
I want to find out if it's possible for you to deal with individual as
to investment. I came across your profile and I feel it's highly
reputable that is why I pick an interest getting across to you in
respect of Investment at my disposal.I will be so glad if you can
allow me and lead me to the right channel towards your assistance
to my situation now.I will make my proposal well known if Iam given
the opportunity.

I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you.
Well I am (Pedro Kebe,) the only son of Mr. Mbokah Kebe, a diamond
dealer from KENEMA in Sierra Leone. My father is now late,he died
some months back during the last and current crisis in my country
(Sierra Leone). He was Killed by the rebels for refusing to join and
sponsor them. The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek
your assistance in the area of my future investment and also for a help
hand over some huge amount of money in my possession. This money
(US$8.5 Million) is deposited in a secuirty and finance firm in Spain
some years ago by my father and he made me the sole beneficiary.

I am now asking you to stand on my behalf to claim the deposit from
the fiducary firm and assist me on investing it as well in your country.
I have made up my mind to offer you 25%of the total money and also map
out 5% for any expensive that will be made during the transaction
while the remaining will go into a productive investment.As I have
mention earlier I will make the procedure to this issue to be well
know to you,if I am given the opportunity to do so.

Pls attach your direct and full information as you reply to me .

Thanks and remain bless.

Pedro KEBE.

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