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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: Lucky mobuto <luckymobuto2004@zwallet.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:31:33 -0400
Subject: Awaiting thanks

ATT:



Greeting and blessing on to you sorry for contacting you in such i surprising manner,I am Lucky Mobuto ,my father has a Gold and diamond company,in my country Liberian during the crisis my father was kill by the rebel’s before is death he call me as the first son and reveal to me that he deposited a (metalic box's of Gold) and also the sum of ($$$22.3Million USD) cash in a security company here in Ghana Accra, He deposited the fund and Gold boxes as family belongings viable item’s he never tell them that is money inside the metal Boxes.



I am now in Ghana and i have been to the security company ,but the company ask me to persent my father foreign partenr that will assit me will-draw and receive this consignment for me in is or her country.The main reason of writing this letter is for your cooperation. For you to help me receive the fund consignment in your country.and deposite in your bank account,So that i can come over to join you for investment,For our Mutual benefit All I need from you is as follows:



your word that you will keep this business as Confidential as possible at all times until we Conclude this business.Your telephone and fax numbers for communication.

Your full permanent address,were the fund cosignment will be dever in your country. We can correspond on e-mail,for security reason



I await for you urgent respone to this matter God bless.



Thanks for your understanding

Best Regard’s

Lucky

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