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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: "DAVID kODO" <david234@di-ve.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 13:01:14
Subject: HELP!

I am David Kodo, son of Mr. Dol
Kodo from Sudan. I am sorry; this mail will surprise you,
though we do not know, this intended to be the main
information, Due to the current war between the Muslim
north and the Christian south. My father was the black
African Sudanese president of Commercial Farmers
Association (CFA). One cool afternoon the Janjaweed
militias invaded my father's farm and burn down
everything in the farm. They killed my Father and took
away a lot of items from his farm.

After the death of my father, my self, sister and my mother
escaped to Chad from there we were moved to United
Kingdom as political asylum. recently my mother revealed
to me on a sick bed, that when my late father foresee
the war coming; he gathered his money and sold most of
his things and deposited the money which amounted to $4.5m
with a private security firm as precious family belongings.

My mother and I are therefore requesting your assistance
to help us claim this fund and to help us wisely invest
this money in your country.
We have also mapped out 20% as compensation for your
assistance and 5% for any expenses during the transaction.
please kindly contact me immediately via email for easy
communication and I will furnish you with details of the
transaction.

May God richly bless you for affecting ourlives.

Regards,
David Kodo.

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