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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: komani edu <komani1947@inbox.com>
Reply-To: komani edu <edula1947@yahoo.it>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 05:39:17 -0800
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION NEEDED

YOUR ATTENTION NEEDED
REPLY TO FAX NUMBER:+234-1-7593289
OR
EMIAL:mrkomani@indiatimes.com
Greetings,
You may be surprised to receive my letter. However, I got your contact as a
result of my despirate desire for assistance,though this mail is unsolicited
I pray you to consider it .
INTERNET would not have been the best means of communicating this offer to
you,due to the abuse of the internet services,but as a result of my
condition I have no better option , email is faster and safer as,please
consider this proposition of mine.
My name is MR EDULA KOMANI, I was a Personal Assistant to the Late
Democratic Republic Of Congo President; LAURENT KABILA, who was assasinated.
My aim of writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest
person, who I can entrust the sum of US$32,800,000 (thirty two million,
eight hundred thousand USDollars).
Source of the money: I and the late president secured this money in a
security firm, in my name before his death.Now that he is late, I want to
transfer the money out of the security company becuase of the insecurity of
the money ,for investment in your country, I can not travel out of the
country where I am on asylum,hence I am asking for your assistance to have
this money in your care pending when I will secure travel
documents to come over to your country.
If you accept this offer we shall share the money as follows: for you 25%,
75% for me.
I have the title document to the fund which I can
transfer to you to enable you have assess to the
money.Be assured that is risk-free and legitimate.
Please advise me on your position mmedaitely.Please I await your prompt
reply via my lawyer's fax number:+234-1-7593289 who will handle the
transaction as my condition will not allow me to check my mails often.
Best Regards.
KOMANI EDULA

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