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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: "Kallus Calibale." <medng@apollo.lv> (may be fake)
Reply-To: medng2005@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 01:10:53 +0200
Subject: WITH REGARDS

From: Calibale family
(UNHCR) Porto-novo
Benin Republic
Direct line: 229 72 15 85.


Dear Sir,
Your contact was reviewed after devoted prayer session to our divine redeemer who straingting us, We are the immediate family of late Col Ibrahim Calibale, the rebel commander in ivory coast that was killed in Bouake county on 7/02/2004. I with my mother and two sisters escaped into Porto-Novo Benin Republic after the incident when it became clear that the central government in Abidjan wanted us eliminated by all means.

Presently we staying with united nations high commission for refugee (UNHCR) here for security reasons. Just last week we received some vital information and copies of documents from his lawyer back home proving that our father had some deposit in a security company in London. Now we have opened up communication with the London company and they have confirmed been in position of some United States Dollars US 11.300,000:00 Million only in his favor and have agreed releasing same amount upon our request but until we provide valid proof as his next of kin.

Now for the fact that none of us here possessed any valid traveling documents because of the circumstances of our exit from home, we are afraid that we will run into trouble if we request for the repatriation of the deposit to this place, hence we are kindly requesting your kind assistance to help us receive the deposit in your country.

We are ready to offer you some reasonable portions of the deposit if you can oblige us your help.Further information will be advance to you once you indicate your interest.Please do not hesitate to reach me on my direct telephone number for discussion.

Thank you.

Yours faithfuly,

Kallus Calibale.
For the family.


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