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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: "DONALD MFOBIO" <donald_mfobio@vola.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:19:42 +0000
Subject: GREETINGS





















Dear Sir/Ma
You may be surprised to receive my letter. I got your contact from the
Chamber of Commerce and Trade. I have decided to contact you for
confidential, urgent and rewarding joint business.
My name is DONALD MFOBIO, I was a Personal Assistant to the Late Congo
President, LURENT KABILA, who was assassinated in February and my aim
of writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest
person,who I can entrust the sum of US$10,800,000(Ten million, Eight
Hundred Thousand US Dollars).
Source of the money: The late President and I secured this money in a
security firm in Ghana, in my name before his death. Now that he is
late,I want to transfer the money out of Africa, for investment in your
country. I can not travel out of Senegal where I am on asylum, hence I
am asking for your assistance to have this money in your care pending
when I will secure travel documents to come over to your country.
If you accept this offer we shall share the money as follows:For you,
25%, 75% for me. I have all the title documents to the fund, which I
can transfer to you to enable you, have access to it. Be assured that
is risk-free and legitimate.
Please advise me on your position by e-mail immediately, indicating
your phone and fax numbers.
I await your prompt reply.
MR DONALD MFOBIO

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