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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: "ALFRED GOMEZ" <al_gomez04@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: al_gomez005@yahot.com
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 23:14:50 +0100
Subject: yours sincerely

FROM: Mr.ALFRED GOMEZ
Business consultants and Estate Agents.
Cotonou, Republic of Benin

Send reply to: al_gomez005@yahoo.com

Dear friend,

I hope this mail will not be a big surprise to you, please handle it
with all your sincerity and top most consideration. I am a retired
business consultant and investment adviser in West African
sub-region. One of my clients, Mrs Catherine Thomas who lost
her husband Mr. ROBERT THOMAS, an industrialist and Gold merchant in
political crises. She is intersted in investing multi Million dollars
in your country especially on the areas of hotel,Estate, agriculture,
Engineering or trading etc.

Mrs THOMAS is very sick and would want to do this investment for her
only son. She needs someone who is both capable and reliable with
exprience in internationl business investment to act as her foreign
partner/ adviser in investing this funds. An investment agreement
will be drawn to be endorsed by both parties. Kindly send all your
company activities for our immediate attention.

The total amount to be invested is five million,FIVE hundred
thousand American dollars ($5,500,000.00) in cash presently secured
by her late husband with a private security and trust company. On
receipt of your response via email, I will give you my phone number
and will quickly introduce you to talk directly with THOMAS family.
Do send your response to:


Sincere regards

ALFRED GOMEZ

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