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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: bengaladima1@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:11:50 +0100
Subject: From: Ben Galadima

From: Ben Galadima
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
WEST-AFRICA
Telephone: 0022505208390

My Dear Good Day.

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you. We got your contact from a computerize data following
my effort searching for a trustworthy person to assist me.

I am Ben Galadima, the only son of late Dr and Mrs Koffi Galadima, I am
here because of the money my late father deposited here.my father was a
very wealthy cocoa merchant 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.Before the death of my father,He secretly
called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $18,500.000 (Eighteen
million five hundred thousand united states dollar)deposited in a bank here
on his name.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge
amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the
deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that we should
seek for a good God fearing foreign partner in a country of our choice who
can assist me in claiming this fund from the bank for me for investment
purposes and use it for investment (such as real estate management).
We are honourably seeking your assistance in the following way.

1)To assist me claim this fund from the BANK as the foreign partner of my
late father.

2)To transfer this money in your name to your country.

3)To make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on my behalf
in your country and you, the care taker.

4)To secure a college for me in your country to further my education.

And to make arrangement for my travel toyour country after you have transferred
this fund. Most importantly.Moreover , I am are willing to offer you some
ammount of the total sum(percentage) as compensation for your effort input
after the successful transfer of this fund to your designated account in
your country.

Awaits to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God Bless.

Ben Galadima




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