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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: "KOMANE EDULA" <kedula@kedula.com>
Reply-To: kedula4@excite.com
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:22:48 +0000
Subject: Pls can you

Hello!,


You might be surprised to receive my letter,However I have decided
to contact you for a confidential urgent and rewarding joint
business.

My name is KOMANE EDULA,I was a personal assistant to the late
Congo President LAURENT KABILA who was assasinated in january 2001
and my main aim of writing you is because of the need for a trusted
and honest person who I can entrust the sum of $25m twenty five
million us dollars

Source of the money: I and the late president Laurent Kabila
secured thismoney in a security company in Ghana in my name before
his death.Now that he is dead I want to transfer the money out of
Africa for investment in your country.I cannot travel out of CAPE
VERDE where I am presently staying hence I am asking for your
assistance to have this money in your care and to invest itpending
when I will be able to secure travel documents to come over to your
country.

If you accept this offer, we shall share the money as follows.For
you, 30% for me 70%.I have all the title documents to the fund
which I can transferto you to enable you have access to it.

Be rest assured that its risk free and legitmate.Please advise me
on your position by email immediately.Please indicate also your
phone and fax numbers.

I await your prompt response

Komane Edula


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