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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: michel gagbo <g_michel_gagbogov03@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: g_michel_gagbogov@yahoo.ca
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:00:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Urgent Please.


Hello,

My name is Miss Michel Gagbo, I am a girl of 24 years old and I am a complete citizen of the United States of America by birth, an orphan to the late former minister of Agriculture in Liberia Mr Josephat Gagbo who died as a result of rebel attack during one of their peace keeping forum in late 2003, my mother died when I was 6 years old.

I inherited a total sum of $4.6 million US dollars from my late parents. This money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box is deposited with a security and finance company in Ivory Coast under a secret arrangement as a family valuables and African Art works. This means that the security company does not know the real content of this box that was sent from the United States of America to Ivory Coast under a diplomatic coverage.

My main purpose of sending you this mail is because of the way I found you and perhaps trustworthy to give this priority of shipping this box of money to any address that you think is very secure and safe. We shall discuss your percentage as soon as I hear from you. I will come over to your country to continue my education immediately the funds is claimed by you.

There is need for urgent action because the deposit is accumulating US $45 dollars per day as demurrage charges to the security company for keeping this consignment. I patiently wait for your cooperation as I look forward to hearing from you soonest.
Please you can contact me at g_michel_gagbogov@yahoo.com

Best regards,

Miss Michel Gagbo





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