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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: "JOY DAVID" <joydavid@i12.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:48:32 +0100
Subject: HELLO

From Mrs Joy David
Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire
My friend,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which me and my daughter,intend to establish in your country.

Though I have not met you before but I believe, one has to risk confinding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.There is this amount of Eight Million Five hundred US Dollars ($8.500.000.00) which my late husband deposited with a finacial house in LONDON which he realised from his cocoa exporation business,but he was assasinated for political reasons in our country.

Now me and my daughter have decided to invest these money in any country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.We want you to help us claim and receive the money to avoid any traces of the funds and to enable you plan for the investment in your Country:
We will like to invest part ofthe money into these three areas in your Country but,if there is any other business that is better than our suggestion, i will be very glad to accept your advice.

1). Real estate
2). The transport industry
3). Five star hotel

If you can be of an assistance to us we are willing to offer you 20% as Of the total fund while the balance will be invested by you for us.

I await your soonest response.

Respectfully yours,
Mrs Joy David

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