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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: "Doris Benson" <doris_ben01@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 03:20:30 -0400
Subject: REPLY NEEDED

Dear beloved one,
Greetings to you. With pleasure I write to you, This note may come to you as
a surprise, but it is in search of how to save my life and an advice of
aclose family friend,for me to contact a reliable and trusthworthy partner
abroad who can help me out from this predicaments.
Iam Miss Doris Benson, a citizen of Liberia, a daughter of Mr Paul Benson, a
special adviser on mines and solid minerals to ex- Liberian President
Charles Taylor.
My father Mr Paul Benson was killed in Morovia, and my mother together with
my twin brother was also killed near our town on there way to church
,before our house was finally set on fire by the opposition party Rebel
Force called water side Boys. I was lucky and by the help of the UN Red
cross organisation they managed to take me out of there camp. And when the
fighting become soo intensive,I was taken to Cotonou – Benin Republic in a
refugee camp where Iam now. Before my father was killed he deposited the sum
of $45 Million US Dollars in a security company in Cotonou for safe keeping
and I manage to take all the documents he used to deposite this money in
Cotonou along with me and they are all Intact with me right now. But now
the (OAU) The Organization of African Unity chairman President John
Koffo of Ghana has decleared that any of the ex-rulers, adviser’s ,and any
government official who deposited there money in any African countries will
seized and confiscated by the OAU states members.so the security company
here in cotonou have transfer the money to their affliated security company
in europe for safekeeping, In this case I contact you to help me out to
transfer this money to your account only,to enable me not to loose this
money since I have lost all my family members.
When this money is finally transfered into your account I will come down to
your place and we invest this money in any business of your chioce since Iam
not into business you will manage it while I finished up my schooling,
Please what you will do is to forward your detial informations like your
phone Number Fax Number and your full Name to enable our Lawyer draft a
contractual working agreement which will bind both of us together in this
transaction And a promise of sincerity to me so that I will send all the
documents in my position to you for claims and signs,Please I need your help
and urgent reply. GET BACK TO ME THROUGH THIS BOX doris_ben02@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Your’s faithfully,
Miss Doris Benson.

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