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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: jprince1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 21:52:22 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?PERSONAL=20LETTER?=

FROM: PRINCE AND JOY JOSHUA
Cotonou, Benin Republic-West Africa.



Dear Friend,

The prompting of this letter is based on my genuine intention to establish
an urgent mutual business relationship with you.I got your contact in the
internet during my search for a credible individual who can be of immense
assisstance to us.

I am PRINCE JOSHUA, the only son of late Chief and Mrs Alfred.G.
Joshua. I am here with my only sister Joy. I am 21 and my sister 18 years
old.
Our father was/a very wealthy business merchant in Abidjan, the economic
capital of Cote d'Ivoire before he was poisoned to death by his business
associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal.

When our mother died, our father took me and my junior sister special because
we are motherless. Before the death of our father in a private hospital
here in Cotonou, He secretly called us on his bedside and told us that he
has a sum of Nine Million three hundred and fifty United States Dollars
(USD$9.350M) deposited in a bank here on his name.
He also explained to us that it was because of this wealth and some huge
amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the
deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that we should
seek for a God fearing foreign partner in any country of our choice who
can be immense assistance to us in claiming this fund from the bank for
us, for investment purposes (such as real estate management.)But because
of the way our father made the deposit that his associate will provide an
account where the money will be transferred to that was why we contacted
you so that you can stand on behalf of our late father associate in whose
account the money will be transferred to.
We want to transfer the money out of the country as we don't know what might
happen next.
We are honorably seeking your assistance in the following way.
( 1) To stand as the foreign partner of our late father by claiming this
fund from the bank.

Moreover, we are willing to offer you 15% of the sum as compensation for
effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designated
account in your country overseas.
Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Thanks and God Bless.

PRINCE JOSHUA.



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