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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: james douglas <james_douglas3535@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 17:52:54 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: VERY CONFIDENTIAL FROM JAMES DOUGLAS


FROM;JAMES DOUGLAS

ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE WEST AFRICA

,

DEAR SIR,

I KNOW MY MAIL WILL BE A SURPRISE TO YOU BUT YOU
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS TOTALLY CONVINCED TO
WRITE TO YOU IN REFERENCE OF THE TRANSFERING OF
$14.5 MILLION US DOLLARS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD
INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY.AND I MUST CONFESS THAT MY
AGITATIONS ARE REAL AND MY WORD IS MY BOND IN THIS
PROPOSAL.

I AM JAMES THE ONLY SON OF CHIEF DOUGLAS..
FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA . MY FATHER
WAS AN INTERNATIONAL TIMBER AND GOLD MERCHANT BEFORE
HIS UNTIMELY DEATH.AS THE CASE MAYBE MY MOTHER LOST
HER LIFE DURING THE BIRTH OF THE SECOND CHILD.

AFTER ALL THIS TRAGIDY MY FATHER NEVER MARRIED A
SECOND WIFE BECAUSE OF THE LOVE HE HAS FOR MY LATE
MOTHER HENCE I WAS THE ONLY HIRE OF MY FAMILY. AS HIS
ONLY SON MY FATHER CONFIDES ALOT IN ME BECAUSE HE
KNOW THAT A DAY WILL COME WHEN I HAVE TO MANAGE HIS
VAST WEALTH BUT THE RELATIONSHIP PAINFULLY DID NOT LAST.

TWO MONTHS AGO MY FATHER HAS TO TAKE HIS BROTHER TO
THE COURT BECAUSE OF A PROPERTY THAT HE INHERITED FROM
HIS LATE FATHER BEING THE FIRST SON AS ALWAYS THE CASE
IN THIS PART OF AFRICA., AT THE END OF THE DAY THE
CASE WAS IN FAVOUR OF MY FATHER. THIS IS A STORY THAT
SEEMS LIKE A FICTION TO ME BUT TODAY AM FACING THE
REALITY OF BEING AN ORPHAN WHO IS ALSO BEING HUNTED BY
MEN OF WICKED PRINCIPLE, HENCE TRAGIDY DOES NOT ALTER
FACT BUT FACT REMAINS WHEN OTHER HOPES HAS BEEN
SHATTERED. THREE WEEK AFTER THIS CASE MY FATHER WAS
ATTACKED IN JOHANNESBURG THE CAPITAL CITY OF SOUTH
AFRICA BY UNKNOWN ASSASIN WHO SHOT THREE BULLETS IN
HIS BODY ,BUT HE DIED TWO DAYS LATTER IN A PRIVATE
HOSPITAL.

BUT BEFORE HIS LAST BREATH HE DISCLOSED TO ME ABOUT A
BOX HE DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN
THAT THE BOX CONTAINED THE SUM OF $14.5 MILLION U.S.
DOLLARS, ($14.500.000..00)
THAT THE MONEY WAS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SOME OCEAN LINNERS BECAUSE HE WANT TO
START A SHIPPING COMPANY BUSINESS. HE INSTRUCTED ME TO
PICK UP THE DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE AND THE KEY OF THE BOX
AND GO FOR THE SAKE OF MY LIFE AND THAT I SHOULD LOOK
FOR A TRUST WORTHY AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL HELP ME

TO LIFT THIS MONEY TO A SAFE ACCOUNT ABROAD AFTER ITS
CLEARANCE FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY AND SORT FOR A
LUCRATIVE BUSINESS TO INVEST THE MONEY.
PRESENTLY I AM HERE IN ABIDJAN WERE THIS BOX OF MONEY
IS DEPOSITED AND I HAVE FOUND THE SECURITY COMPANY AND
CONFIRMED THE DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE FROM THERE OWN
RECORD.

I AM PLEADING WITH YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD FOR
YOU TO HELP ME AND RETRIVE THIS FUND OUT FROM THE
SECURITY FINANCE COMPANY HERE AND STANDING AS MY LATE FATHER'S BUSINESS PARTNER AND ARRANGE FOR THE TRANSFER , I HAVE NOT HANDLED SUCH
FUND BEFORE, AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WILL BE FOR OUR
OWN GOOD HENCE MY GREATEST HAPPINESS WILL BE TO
BELONG TO A FAMILY ONCE AGAIN.

I HAVE AGREED TO OFFER YOU 25% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT AND 5% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT WILL BE MAP OUT FOR YOUR TRIP TO ABDJAN COTE D' IVOIRE FOR THE COLLECTION OF THIS FUND.

I AM WRITING TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE THAT YOU WILL NEVER
LET ME DOWN PLEASE DO SOMETHING BECAUSE I AM
CONFUSED.I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR MAIL AS SOON AS YOU
GET THIS LETTER. MAY THE PEACE OF GOD AND THE
FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ALWAYS BE WITH YOU AMEN.
YOURS SINCERELY,

JAMES DOUGLAS





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