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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: justus_oneh@tiscali.it
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:57:58 -0800
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE



PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY
TO:Email:c.nante@indiatimes.com
Greetings,
You may be surprised to receive my letter. However, I
got your contact as a result of my despirate desire
for
assistance,though this mail is unsolicited I pray you
consider it.I have decided to contact you for
confidential,urgent and rewarding joint business.
My name isJUSTUS ONEH, I was a Personal Assistant
to the Late Democratic Republic Of Congo President;
LAURENT KABILA, who was assasinated.
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$32,800,000 (thirty two million, eight hundred
thousand USDollars).
Source of the money: I and the late president secured
this money in a security firm, in my name before his
death.Now that he is late, I want to transfer the
money out of the security company becuase of the
insecurity of the money ,for investment in your
country, I can not travel out of the contry 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 assess to the
money.Be assured that is risk-free and legitimate.
Please advise me on your position immedaitely.Please I
await your prompt reply so that i will introduce you to my lawyer who will
undertake the legal procedure for the transfer of the
money to you
Regards.
JUSTUS ONEH.






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