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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: "Princess Titiana Akimto" <titiana2000jnr@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:23:12 +0200
Subject: Salutation.

Dear Respectfull Beloved One ,

I pray that the peace,grace,love and mercy's of our almighty God be with you.
In a brief introduction,I am Princess Titiana Akim 21 years old and the only daughter of late Chief Dr Rashid Akim of blessed memory . I am in the position of some documents coverning the deposit of $3.5 Million as the next of kin which my late father deposited in a Storage bank some where in the west african coast. I have also verify the transaction and found it to be true. This money is of no criminal origin as it was logged in as family treasure by my late father.
I am soliciting for your kind assistance in claiming of the this fund from the Storage bank and transfer it to your designated bank account oversea as my foreign business associate as the agreement required due to clause which may late father put to have me present a foreign investment manager and have it utilised for a viable investment as you may advice. You will also serve as the guardian and manager of this fund and investment. I will give you further details as soon as I hear from you, and we will discuss terms and percentage but you must treat this highly confidentail.

I wait for your response,
Thank you and God be with you.

Princess Titiana Akim with love,confidence and trust.

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