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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: "MR. MIKE LUCAS" <mikelucas101@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mikelucas02@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:50:09 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS INVESTMENT

FROM DESKS OF MR MIKE LUCAS
NO 10 BOMPASS STREET ROSEBANK JHB
SOUTH AFRICA.
DIRECT LINE +27-83-668-7207.

Attn: SIR/MADAM


May God bless and be with you as you receive and go through this message, Thank you for the positive response that I am expecting from you. I got your contact information from a member of the South African Export Promotion.

I am contacting you as a reliable, trusted and capable person who can assist me in this regard. Before I go further, it is important for you to know me; I am Mr. MIKE LUCAS the son of late Mr. MARTINS LUCAS the personal/private accounting officer to former President Charles Taylor of Liberia, My Father was murdered in cold blood during the rebel war in my country Liberia.

My reason of writing you is to support me in the transfer of SIXTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDERED THOUSAND US DOLLRAS (US$16.4million) to your personal or company account in your country for my investment.

As the personal accountant to the president, my father was in charge of the president's private account/save which he has within the country.

The accounts where setup in my father's name for the confidentiality of the president. When the war started in the country where by the rebels wants to eliminate the president and his followers, my father, Mother and younger sister happens to be victims of the war.

Then I decided to relocate and save my life after their death. Before he died he called me to inform me about the
(US$ 16.4million)which he withdrawer from the account when the war started, Presently I am residing in South Africa as a refugees (Asylum Seekers) where he deposited the fund with a private security firm and financial company as consignment named family
Valuables.


I am willing to offer you 30% of the whole money for the inconveniences this will cost you and for using your account, then 70% will be for me and my investment in your country to setup a profitable venture in your country, with your advice and directions or we can go into partnership business with the entire fund.

Contact me immediately by email, indicating your interest as soon as possible on receiving of your acceptance and I shall be glad to give you more clarification on the modalities needed for smooth and successful completion of this Transaction.

Please try to send your direct phone and fax numbers in
You’re for the respond of this mail to you.

I anticipate your quick response.

Best Regards.

Mr. MIKE LUCAS

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