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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: "GRACE KOPI" <gracekopi@z6.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: gracekopi@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 19:07:54 +0400
Subject: GREETINGS FORM MRS GRACE

My Dear,
I am MRS GRACE KOPI from Ivory Coast. I am a widow being that I lost my
husband a couple of months ago. My husband 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 $14.5M fourteen Million five hundred
thousand USD in a private security Company in Europe which was for the importation
of cocoa processing machines. Note, according to my late husband 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 demurrage fees and for
the safety of the fund according to him, he declared 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 a profitable
investment in your country as I do not have any knowledge of investment,
that will be after we retrieve it from the security company. For your efforts,
you shall either choose to receive 25% of the total fund or go into equal partnership
investment with me in your country. My interest is in areas, like real estate
and industrial production.
This is my reason for writing to you. Please if you are willing to
assist me and my only son Francoise, indicate your interest in
replying soonest. E-email : (grace_kopi@yahoo.com <mailto:grace_kopi@yahoo.com>
)
Thanks and best regards .
Mrs.GRACE KOPI

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