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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: richard_konate@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:35:53 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=20Richard?=

Dear friend,

I deem it a respect and honour as well as priviledge to write you, on my
deep conviction about your company,after my deligent search for a honest
and trustworthy someone,of which I have chosen you to assist me for the
execution of this project that is at hand.

I am Mr Richard Konate,foreign operation manager,BANK OF AFRICA, Abidjan,Ivory
Coast West Africa.

On 16th day of September 2002, I was approached by the former military leader
General Robert Guei, to use my office for the onward transfer of Sixteen
Million United States Dollars(US$16,000,000,00),he deposited in our Instituion,into
a foreign account of his french partner Monsieur Andrea Pires, he promised
to appease me with US$100,000 as inducement,after the transfer.

On 19th day of the same week,we heard over the radio,that General Robert
Guei and others was killed in a coup de ' eta, to overthrow the democratically
elected government of President Laurent Gbagbo.The news put this country
in total disarray, which brought the emergency section of the United Nation
Security Council,that are present today in Ivory Coast, and has now divide
out country into two parts,with the Rebels controlling the northern part
of the country.

Now, I secured this file in my own private locker, because the news is so
sad that his entire family was killed by soldiers royal to the government,after
the news that the minister of interior was killed durring the incident.

I was later contected by Monsieur Pires,for the transfer,which I bluntly
discharged him,that the account has been frezeed by the government,because
it is my own opportunity to divert the fund for my own mutual benefit,because
I am the only one that is in control of this account,with all the available
information necessary for the legal transfer of this fund into a foriegn
account of my wish,which I want you to provide your bank account to the
bank as the beneficiary of this fund,which I will assign an attorney on
your behalf that will assist us to authenticate this claim.

It will take us 7 working days to conclude this transfer.Your partnership
will be rewarded with Two million dollars. I will give you the simple mode
of operation after your positive respond.Please incase of technical problem,you
can contact me on my yahoo mail: richard_konate2000@yahoo.com

Yours sincerely,

Mr Richard Konate(FOM).



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