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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: "mike rand" <mobutu@pworld.org>
Reply-To: pmichael@doramail.com
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 04:24:21 +0000
Subject: THIS WILL BENEFIT YOU, BUT CAN YOU BE TRUSTED?.

Kindly accept my apology for sending this unsolicited mail to you which I
hope you will treat as HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.I believe you are a highly
respected personality, considering the fact that i sourced your profile from
a human resource profile database on your country.I am Prince Michael
Randolph Mobutu Sese Sekou, Son of the late President Mobutu Sese Sekou of
Zaire,new Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).There was war in my country and
so my family members escaped to Morocco or God knows where they are right
now in africa.I have for the past {6} years, been moving from boder to boder
and country to country.Yesterday i managed to find my way into lagos, a
western boarder town of Nigeria where my old friend, now a retired military
officer resides.This Country is too big and there are so many Nationalities
here, I have simply just ad justed quick as usually.Due to my fathers
tarnished image and past crises, It is not safe to put any investment in my
country.Seven troubled years has passed and everything has supposedly died
down. Now I want to set up Viable Business Ventures in your country.I
sincerely have the sum of $29.6 million u.s dollars set aside for this
project but I would not want my name or family's name to be used for
security reasons.I am prepared to offer you 12% (or a re-negotiated sum) of
the total amount received,if you assist me in claiming the funds from the
financial and security vault in london, where i deposited two {2} boxes
containing the funds in my name before my fathers death.I honestly assure
you that this deal is 100% risk-free,So Please contact me if you are
interested and capable of helping by sending your telephone/fax numbers for
me to reach you because I cannot receive any international call due to my
present condition.I came i nto this country with only $40 and intend to use
this money to stay in touch with you all the way.I do not want to use my
friends phone to receive any calls so that he doesn't find out anything
concerning this transaction.If you can convince me of your honesty and
profound interest in this transaction,then i can proceed to furnish you with
the details of this transaction.I need sound assurance that you are solvent
and capable of handling a transaction of this magnitude,and that my share of
the money will be safe with you.Infact you can read more about my father
and family on this web link www.facts.com/wnd/mobutu2.htm .I look forward to
your prompt reply.

Warm regards,
Prince Michael Randolph Mobutu Sese sekou.

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