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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: okoba_p@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 20:16:53 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOURS=20=20PHILLIP?=

FROM: PHILLIP OKOBA
ABIDJAN, COTE D' IVOIRE.
WEST AFRICA.

DEAR SIR,

MY NAME IS PHILLIP OKOBA,NATIONALITY SIERRA LEONE. I AM 22 YEARS OLD STUDYING
MARKETING / BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONIN THE UNIVERSITY BEFORE THE DEATH OF
MY FATHER, AND MY SISTER IS 18 YEARS. I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM THE INTERNET
I PRAYED AND FASTED OVER IT AND SELECTED YOUR NAME AMONG OTHER NAMES.

I LOST MY FATHER YEARS BACK, HE WAS A WELL KNOWN CACAO AND COFFE MARCHANT
HERE IN ABIDJAN COTE'DIVORE BEFORE HIS DEATH,HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS
ASSOCIATES DURING ONE OF THIER BUSINESS ASSOCIATES MEETING IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF THIS COUNTRY.

RIGTH NOW WE ARE STILL LEAVING IN COTE'DIVORE AND, IT INTEREST ME TO WRITE
YOU FROM MY HEART HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY US.
MY FATHER DEPOSITED SOME HUGE SOME OF MONEY IN ONE OF THE BANKS HERE IN
ABIDJAN WHEN HE WAS ALIFE AS THE PROFITS HE MADE FROM HIS BUSINESS,ACCORDING
TO HIM HE SAID THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS MONEY THAT HE WAS POISONED,
INFACT IN A BREAF INTRODUTION ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU WHEN
I HEAR FROM YOU, (THE NAME OF THE BANK AND ALL THE DEPOSIT DOCUMENTS)
AS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY FATHER ON HIS BED SIDE BEFORE HE GAVE UP AGAIN
HE TOLD ME TO ARRANGE WITH ANY GOD FEARING FOREIGNER WHO WILL HELP ME TO
RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT TO ENABLE US GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY
BEFORE HIS ENEMIES KILL US.

THIS MONEY TOTALING US$ 10,000,000.00( TEN MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS)
NOW WE ARE SEEKING FOR A TRUSTED PERSON WHO WILL RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO
HIS/HER ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOUR GOOD ASSISTANCE IN HELPING US
TRANSFERRING THE SAID SUM TO YOUR ACCOUNT SINCE WE ARE INEXPERENCED IN THE
WORLD OF BUSINESS,TO TREAT US LIKE YOUR OWN CHILDREN THAT'S THE REASON
WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

ALL DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU FOR YOUR VERIFICATION.
WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE THE FUND OUT OF AFRICA TO ABROAD.
I AND MY SISTER HAVE DECIEDED TO GIVE YOU 7% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR KIND
ASSISTANCE. THE WORLD IS FULL OF BAD PEOPLE, PLEASE CAN YOU PROVE YOUR GENUETY
TO US FOR US TO HAVE YOU AS A PARTNER?
SORRY, I AM NOT SAYING YOU ARE A BAD PERSON BUT CONSIDERING THAT THIS
IS MONEY OUR INHERITACE AND LAST HOPE.

SHOW YOUR INTEREST AND WE PROCCEED ON THE NEXT STEP OF ACTION. AFRICA IS
NO LONGER CONDUSIVE FOR US TO STAY.

BEST REGARDS

PHILLIP OKOBA




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