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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: gwazo24@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:44:25 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20MR=2EDANIEL?=

FROM: DANIEL GWAZO
ABIDJAN.IVORY COAST
WEST-AFRICA
TELEPHONE 00225 07 60 47 00

DEAR ,ONE
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 .

I DANIEL GWAZO THE SON OF LATE DR AND MRS RAWLINGS GWAZO, MY FAHTER WAS
A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN. 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 2001. 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 HISBEDSIDE
AND TOLD TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF US$15.000.000 FIFTEEN 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.


TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERED TO SERVE
AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND AND . TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR me TO COME OVER
TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER my EDUCATION.

MOREOVER, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 10% 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 DAYS YOU SIGNIFY.

YOURS,
DANIEL





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