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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: "MRS M KABILA" <monica@steam.to> (may be fake)
Reply-To: m_kabila@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:21:02 +0400
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir/Madam.
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture, which my
Son Mack and I intend to establish in your country.
Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk
confiding in succeed sometimes in life.
There is this huge amount of Eighteen million U.S dollar ($18,000,000.00), which my late Husband kept for us with a Security Company before unknown persons assassinated him.
Now my son and I decided to invest this money in your country or
anywhere safe enough for security and political reasons.
We want you to help us claim and retrieve these funds from the
Fiduciary Fund Holders and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on the ESE areas:
Could you please notify me of your acceptance to carry out this
assistance urgently by e-mail only on the receipt of this message?
Kindly, acknowledge the receipt of this letter by sending to me by
email a copy of this letter with your private Telephone And Fax number. I
shelling turn inform you of the modalities.
(1). Telecommunication
(2). Transport Industry
(3). Five Star Hotel
If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to
you 10% of the total fund
I await your soonest response.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. Monica Kabila

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