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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: alex koto <al.koto21@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <alexkoto2003@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:28:07 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS CONSULTANTS & PROJECT.



ALEX KOTO & CO. BUSINESS CONSULTANTS & PROJECT MANAGERS. RC 412281 OUR REF JBC/MAKN/44 YOUR REF_______________________ Attn:Dear Friend.
We humbly wish to seek your assistance in a matter that is very important to us which requires utmost urgency and confidentiality, One of our high network client and a gold royalist who served in the past government of Charles Tarloy in Liberia wishes to invest the sum of $40 million in your country or any other country with good economic stability and political climate. Our client is interested in a real estate hotel business stock and bonds; the said fund was brought into my country Cotonuo Republic Benin in the year 2003 when the heat was too much in Liberia. And we have deposited it in one of the leading financier house here in Dakar Senegal for maximum protections; however it is the wish of my client to invest the fund now in your country. For obvious reason my client does not want to place the fund with established financial institutions and thus required our assistance to look for a reliable foreigner to help move this fund and turn manage it for the family, It is also his wish that this deal be handled as quietly as possible without any leakage to the press, If you agree to act as the fund manager for my client the sum of $40million will be released to you if you meet our requirements. The money is available in cash and upon a favourable response for you, We shall let you know how to receive it. Your commission shall be down payment of 20% of the total sum of that is $8 million and an annual 10% of the after tax returns for the first 5 years thereafter, the terms shall be reviewed. If you are willing to do this please indicate your interest via my email at once for further details. BEST REGARDS, Mr.ALEX KOTO.
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