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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "keep it confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
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Fraud email example:

From: Lawrence Toure <lawrence_toure2@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 10:14:39 +0100 (CET)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION PLS.




Dear Beloved One.
It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on behalf of me and my junior sister, Your information was given to me by a member of the Cote D' Ivoire Export Promotion Council (CIEPC) who was with the Government delegation on a trip to your country for a bilateral conference talk to encourage foreign investors. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal for the benefit of us and hope you will keep it confidential because of the nature of this business..
Meanwhile, i am Lawrence Toure, the Son of late DR.Albert Gbagbo Toure, the former Ambassador of Republice of Cote D' Ivoire to U.S.A, who was killed on October, 2006 by the Rebels in our home town Korhogo, due to his loyality to the present Government of President Laurent Gbagbo.
It was my recent trip to France, by the invitation of my late father Legal Adviser concerning my late father Assets and some money which he deposited in one of the Finance House in my country Cote D' Ivoire, that i came in contact with your email address, as the man who gave me your contact, assured me that you are a nice person who can assist me in the investing of the money into profitable venture.
However, permit me to inform you that at the time of writing this mail, i am hiding to unknow place, as i decided to ran away when i notice that some members of my late father relatives wanted to kill me with Voodoo,i.e.Witchcrafts, because of the deposited money , as that is what they used to killed my late mother, while my immeditate problem now is to travel out of my country for the Safty of my life.
Thus, i hereby seeking for your humanitarian assistance for the transfering of the deposited money to your country for our joint partnerhip investment.
Awaiting to receive your mail.
Thanks.
Lawrence Toure.





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