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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: "Palace Privacy" <palaceprivacy@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dan_s@ny.com
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:46:28 +0000
Subject: WITH TRUST

Attn: Sir/Madam

You may be surprised to receive my letter, however, I beg that you give my
case a hearing; I got your contact from my personal Internet search for
reliable person. I have decided to contact you for confidential, rewarding
joint business.

My name is Dan S Dokie, I was a Personal Assistant to the Late Congo
President, LAURENT KABILA, who was assassinated in February and my aim of
writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest person, who I
can entrust the sum of (Thirty-Seven million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
US Dollars).

Source of the money: the late president and I secured this money in a
Security Firm in South Africa, in my name before his death. Now that he is
late, I want to transfer the money out of Africa, for investment in your
country. I cannot travel out of LONDON 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 kindly email me immediately for us to
negotiate the sharing pattern, we must agree on a percentage that would be
your commission for assistance and inconveniences while the rest of the
funds will be put into investment in any profitable areas of investment you
might suggest in your country or elsewhere I have all the title documents to
the fund, which I can transfer to you to enable you have assess to it. Be
assured that is risk-free andlegitimate.

Please advise me on your position through my alternative e-mail address
(dan_s@ny.com)

MR, Dan S Dokie

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