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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: "Mr. Desmond Akakah" <desmondakaka@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: desmondakakah@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 02:53:14 +0530
Subject: Urgent Reply


Dear sir,

Compliments of the day I am writting this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or meet ourselves previously. I am asking for your assistance after I have gone through a profile that speaks good of you. I will be so glad if you can allow and lead me to the right channel towards your assistance to my situation now. I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity. I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. well.
I am Mr. Desmond Akakah fome South Africa, and I know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but do consider it as an emmergency.In nutshell, My {late}father MR.AKAKAH MBUTU was a civil servant and leter died after a brielf illness on {27th Jan. 2004}. However, before he died he deposited money and other things worth of millions of dollars {US$6.5m}six million Five hundred thousand U.S Dollars deposited by my late father in {A SECURITY COMPANY} which i am his next of kin.
I am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foriegn personality to help me transfer the money over to his country and into his possession pending my arrival to meet with him. Furthermore,you can contact the company for confirmation and i will issue a letter of authorisation on your name,that will enable the security company to deal with you on mybehalf.
I am giving you this offers as mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist me or take me as your onw preson and manage the money.Conclusively,i wish you send me a reply immediately as soon as you recieve this proposal. for confidential purposes, your urgent reply will be highly appreciated.

Regards,
D. Akakah

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