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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: hannah amos <hannah_amos50@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:47:47 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Me And My Brother/We Are Seeking For Your Assistance


FROM JOSEPH AND HANNAH AMOS
Avenu 12 Reu 47 ABIDJAN
ABIDJAN REFUGEE CAMP, ABIDJAN
REPUBLIC OF COTE-D'IVOIRE

Dear,
Good Day and God bless as i introduce my self to you with all faith and hope you will understand us and not to betray us at the end. I have the intention to intruduce myself to you My name isJOSEPH the only son and my sister's name is HANNAH AMOS. the only daughter .We are the children of late CHIEF CHARLES .M. AMOSE. I am 19 Years old, our father died about 2 years ago on the 5th of april 2005, in a gold mine in MENDE, Republic of Serria Leone .

He was into legal gold minning,he has succeded in saving $21,800,000( twenty one million eight hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) during his Business on Gold, before he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D' Ivoire near by country to our country to save his money for security reasons because of the political problem in our country. Unfortunatly he is dead and i will not want the money to be kept like that without any investment purpose . so i am contacting you with full trust that you will not let us down .

We need help from you to help us to claim this consignment out from the securit company and take us to your country for investment and who will be sincere to invert us to his country with out cheating us or doing bad to us on my arraival with my sister, I'm willing to give you 20% of the money after the transfer of the money and 5% extra for any expense you incure in this transaction, please mail us immidately urgent to know your stands before looking else where you're the first person we are contacting and also send your phone number as soon as possible to enable us to beat the said time.

Now permit us to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help us as your own children?
2. Can we completely trust you?
3.Hope our percentage offer is good accepted by you?
Please,Treat this email confidential and get back to us as soon as possible.

Yours Sincerely ,
JOSEPH AND HANNAH AMOS

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