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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: mbeku@handbag.com
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:10:31 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS TRANSECTION

INVESTMENT PURPOSE

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I KNOW MY MAIL WILL BE A SURPRISE TO YOU BUT YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT
I WAS TOTALLY CONVINCED TO WRITE TO YOU IN REFERENCE OF THE TRANSFERING
OF $9.500.000.OO (NINE MILLION FIVE HUNDREND THOUSAND US DOLLARS)INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY,AND I MUST CONFESS THAT MY
AGITATIONS ARE REAL AND MY WORD IS MY BOND IN THIS PROPOSAL.

I AM WILLIAMS KUNTE, THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS.GEORGE KUNTE OF THE
BLESSED MEMORY.

MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN, THE ECONOMIC
CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS ON BUSINESS WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE
21ST OCTOBER 1994, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS
BEFORETHE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 7TH NOVEMBER 2003 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL
HERE ABIDJAN, HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS
A SUM OF $ 9.500.000.OO (NINE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND,UNITED STATES
DOLLARS) LEFT IN A SUSPENCE ACCOUNT IN AN INTERNATIONAL BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN,
THAT HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY SON FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSIT OF THE
FUND HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE
WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES.

THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE
I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE(SUCH AS REAL
ESTATE
MANAGEMENT).


SIR, I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.

1)TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE OUR FAMILY ATTORNEY PROMISE
TO HELP ME FOR THE PROCESSING OF THE DOCUMENT TO THE BANK.

2)TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE MONEY
HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED.

MOREOVER, SIR, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION
FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR
NORMINATED ACCOUNT in OVERSEAS.FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION
TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD CONCLUDED
WITHIN SEVEN

(7) DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME. PLEASE E-MAIL MY PRIVATE LAWYER
ON HIS MAIL BOX(billnelson@lawyer.com) FOR MORE INFORMATIONS .

ANTICAIPTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS

MR.WILLIAMS KUNTE.
My mail Box ( williamskunte2001@yahoo.de)

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