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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: "Miss Amah Liz" <amah_liz@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:59:09 +0000
Subject: EXCUSE ME MY INTRUSION IN YOUR PRIVATE LIFE.!!!!

Good morning,
Before we start any thing, I would like you to excuse me my intrusion in your private life. Am Miss Amah Liz, am working at the Department of Accounting Department in CITIBANK - Côte d'Ivoire. An account was open within our bank since 1985 and since 1990, no operation was carried out. This account presents to date in our books, a credit account of 4.5 million American dollars. After having consulted meticulated all the files and the files relative on this account, I realized that I could easily lay out of this money if I succeeded in transfering it on an account with the exterieur.
The owner of this account is Late John Kouakou, an expatriate, Director of Petrol-Technical Support Services Inc, Engineer in Chemistry, He was died on following a traffic accident. Nobody to date have access on the existence of this account. This account as well does not have any other recipient in his family as in it’s entreprise. i would like you to transfer this money from this account in a sure account to the strange one, but I do want anybody outside to no this deal. Thus the idea to me had just contacted you and to make you the proposal transfer this sum on your bank account, for division, fifty,fifty.
am aware that this message will surprise you because we do not know each other before, but are sure that it is a true opportunity which I you knowns. You have respond to me immediately you receive this mail for us to proceed on this deal.
I will been expecting your urgent action respond.
Thank you.
Miss Amah Liz.

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