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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: "azhar_asj" <azhar_asj@webmail.alfa.com.lb>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:59:32 +0200
Subject: Assalamu Alaikum

Assalamu Alaikum

I am Azhar Asjad, from Ivory Coast. I lost my Dad a couple
of months ago. My Father was a serving director of the Cocoa
exporting board until his death .

He was assassinated on August 2003 by the rebels following
the political uprising. Before his death he deposited the
sum of US$5.2 Five Million Two hundred United States dollars
here in a Private Security Company which was for the
importation of cocoa processing machine.

Note, according to my late father, the money is in a trunk
box and he did not disclose to the security company the real
content of the box he did it to reduce the cost of demourage
fees and for the safety of the fund according to him, he
decleard to the security company that the box contains a
family valuables.

I want you to do me a favour, to help me invest this fund in
your country for business investment as I do not have any
knowledge of investment, that will be after we retreive it
from the security company.

I have plans to do investment in your country, like real
estate and industrial production. This is my reason for
writing to you. Please if you are willing to assist me and
my mother who is serious sick now in the hospital, indicate
your interest in replying soonest.

Thanks and best regards .

Azhar Asjad and Mrs. Itimad Asjad (my mother)

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