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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: "Andy Modou" <andymodou@freemail.nl> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:38:01 +0000
Subject: Waiting for your reply.

Andy Modou
Abidjan - Cote D'Ivoire,
West Africa.

Dear Friend,

I am Andy Modou,the only son of late Mr and Mrs
A.B.J Modou.My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant
in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, my
father was poisoned to death by his business
associates in one of their outings on a business trip.

My mother died when I was a baby and since then, my
father took me so special. Before the death of my
father on November 2004 in a private hospital here in
Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside and told
me that he has the sum of Eighteen Million, Five
Hundred Thousand US dollars (US$18,500,000) left in a
fixed/ suspense account in one of the prime banks here
in Abidjan waiting until I find a God fearing person
to help me. I want to transfer this money and use it for
investment purpose such as real estate management or
hotel management.

I am honourably seeking your assistance in the
following ways:

1) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only
19years old

2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your
country to further my education and to secure a
resident permit for me in your country.

I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/input after the
successful transfer of this fund into your nominated
account overseas and 5% for expenses.

Best Regards

Andy Modou

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