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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: "Mrs Sonya Labath." <s_labath@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 18:12:14 +0400
Subject: Mrs Sonya Labath.

From:Mrs Sonya Labath.
Abidjan Cote D’ivoire
Home address 188d cocodi.


My Dear,

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON

I wish to solicit your help in migrating to your country
and investing my funds.

Briefly, I am a Sierra Leonean National and the wife of
late Dr Riad Labath. Until his death, my husband was the
General overseer of the Diamond Mine in Kanema Sierra
Leone.

On April 6 2002 the military forces loyal to the Government
of Ahmed TIJAN KABBAH invaded the diamond mine and
assassinated my husband, mistaking him for his brother
Micheal Labath who is the deputy to the leader of the
revolutionary United Front (RUF ) FODAY SANKOH.

When the news reached me, I hurried gathered some valuables
in our family villa and escaped for my dear life in the
company of my only son Micheal. Among the valuables was a
file that contained details of a deposit my husband made in
a security company in Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire. He deposited
32 million US dollars contained in 1 trunk boxe in the name
of our son Michael as containing family valuables money he
made from the sale of Gold and diamonds during his time as
the General overseer.

Now that we are in Abidjan and verified the transaction, we
need your assistance to move this
funds out of Côte d’Ivoire for investment in your country
as we cannot invest here due to its nearness to our country
and the war still going on there. We ask you to scout for a
viable and lucrative business, So that we can invest
wisely. We have it in mind to give your 10% of the total
sum (32 million US Dollars), and 15% share in any
investment we will embark upon if you assist us.

We will also set aside 5% of the funds for ancillary
expenses which you will make in course of this
transaction- fax messages, phone calls, air tickets etc.

This fortune we have revealed to you should remain
confidential as it only you who we have told about it.


Thanks and God Bless you.

Mrs Sonya Labath.

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