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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: col_juliusr@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:47:29 -0500
Subject: IMPORTANT PROPOSAL

Dear Friend,

A good friend needs your help,My name is Col.Julius Ruhl i am from Congo.I
worked as the chief security officer in the finance ministry,Some of us
who worked through Frederik Matungulu fommer I M F official/fommer congo
minister of finance Were under very tight scrutiny and constant oppression
because they think we might have instigated him to be adamant in the request
of his fellow ministers,Thus necessitating my flee to Ghana with my family
for safety after his resignation(THE MINISTER) on Monday 17th Feb.2003.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2775723.stm.

I left my country because I have certain amount of money which i will not
like the government to discover going by the way they are scrutinizing us
and it is to the tune of $5.5M (Five million,five hundred United States
Dollars),which i concealed in boxes and deposited in a security And finance
company in Europe.Now after some couple of years everything seems calm I
intend to use you as the end beneficiary to carry Out these funds out from
the security company.

I will be glad to receive your Kind response through e-mail for further
Explanation regarding my request. As soon as I receive your indication to
assist me, I Will inform you with necessary modalities of how to Proceed
and instruct the security company to send the Funds to you as the end beneficiary,and
as a consignment.

Please fell free to help me because the entire operation will be risk free
and 100% safe as i am the only person that knows the location of the boxes
now.


Best regards,
Col.Julius Ruhl


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