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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: sulu@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 18:31:56 +0200
Subject: My reason to your call.

From Sulu Shiata,
Lot 182 Boulevard Abidjan Ci.
08 B.P 60 Abidjan 08.
email :sulu@terra.com.mx

Good day,

Permit me to inform you of my desire to seek your assistance in this
urgent and important need.

I am Master Sulu Shiata the son of late Mr and Mrs Shiata Atoki My father
was a very wealthy cocoa merchant dealer in Abidjan, the economic capital
of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates
during his outing occasion with his friends to discuss on a business.

Before the death of my father on 9th July 2003 in a private hospital here
in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has
a sum of $18.000.000 USD (Eighteen Million united state dollars) left into
deposit account in one of the bank in Abidjan Cote D?ivoire and he used
my name as a next of kin in deposit of the fund. likewise he dircted me
where i will locate all the documents pertained to the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that his business
associates has planned by poisoned him ,that I should seek for a God fearing
foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money
and use it for investment purpose. So am honourably seeking your assistance
in the following ways.

1) To provide a Bank account where this money would be transferred to.
2) To serve as the guardian of this money and use it for investment
Moreover,i will like you to tell me what percentage you desire to take from
me after redering me this favour.

If you were interest to assist me you should quickly response to me and
send your phone and fax number for to discuss more with you before finally
deliver everything to your hand .

Hoping to hear from you soon.

sincerely yours.
sulu shiata.



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