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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: "Aka MICHEL" <akamichel1@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 15:32:43 +0200
Subject: A REQUEST

Good day to you please. I am Aka Michel, I am a 22 years Ivorian, leaves with my careing father since the age of 6 when I lost my mother. My Late father had his investments in Abidjan until the 14 of June when men of selfish ambition turned me to an orphan with out father and mother. This took place when the rebels attacked my village called petit Diokoué while my father was on a trip to that village and this attack took lives of many innocent souls including my careing father (HE CRY) Please, I am presently in Abidjan from where, soliciting you for an assistance to transfer my heritage for investment in your country as this is an advice from my father’s attorney for security reasons because of my little age and being only but a student and a novis to world of investment, so that I could continue my studies while you will be taking total care of the investments. Please, I got your e-mail contact in my search for a real and reliable person that is !
able to keep confidence for security reasons. Presently I am not of a sound health because of high thinking, and this is why I wish to transfer this money very quickly so that I will live the country for a better and succesful adventure as I would like all the investments to be on your name because of my age. You will act as parrent/guardian to me and even care taker to all the investments. To be sincere to you all the documents of this herritage are available and could be sent to you on demand and the amount involved is (Eleven millions Five Hundred Thousands) $ 11.500.000USD. deposited in one of the prime security companies here in Abidjan. Thanks and God bless as I await on your urgent response. Aka Michel

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