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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: "rk27" <rk27@webmail.alfa.com.lb>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:04:46 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSITANCE

SALAM
I am well confident of your capability to assist me in a
transaction for mutual benefit of both parties, ie(me and
you) I am also believing that you will not expose or betray
the trust and confidence I am about to establish with you. I
have decided to contact you with greatest delight and
personal respect.Well, I am MRS ROKYA KAMARA daughter to
late ENGR DR IDRIS KAMARA who was assasinated by the group
of rebel soldiers months ago in my country Sierra Leone.MY
late father was the former minister of Petroluem and Natural
Resources.Few days before the assasination of my father, he
confided in me , with a Deposit Agreement Cash Receipt he
made with a security Company in HOLLAND where he deposited
One Iron Box containing USD$ 28 million dollars cash (TWENTY
EIGHTMillion
dollars). This money was made from the sell of Gold and
Diamond by my father and he have already decided to use this
money for future investment of the family. Thereafter, I
rushed down to Abidjan the capital city of Cote D'Ivoire for
safety. Also, I have been granted political stay as a
Refugee by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire.Meanwhile, my
father have instructed me to look for a trusted foreigner
who can assist me to move out this money from the security
company immediately for investment.

Based on this , I solicit for your assistance to transfer
this fund into your Account, but I will demand for the
following requirement:
(1) Could you provide for me a safe Bank Account where this
fund will be transferred to in your country or another
neaarby country where taxation will not take great toll on
the money ?
(2) Could you be able to assist me to obtain my travelling
papers after this transfer to enable me come over to meet
you in your country for the investment of this money ?
(3) Could you be able to introduce me to a profitable
business venture that would not require much technical
expertise in your country where part of this fund will be
invested ?

Please, all these requirements are urgently needed as it
will enable me to establish a stronger business relationship
with you hence I will like you to be the general overseer of
the investment thereafter. I am a Moslem and I will
please,want you to handle this transaction based on the
trust I have established on you. For your assistance in this
transaction, I have decided to offer you 30% percent
commission of the total amount at the end of this business.
The security of this business is very important to me and as
such, I would like you to keep this business very
confidential.
I shall expect your urgent response .
Thanks
ROKYA KAMARA

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