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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: "George Derek." <gen.legall@indiatimes.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: gderek_civilserve11@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 11:42:19 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

FROM: Mr. George Derek.
Business consultants and Estate Agents.
Cotonou, Republic of Benin


Send reply to: gderek_civilserve11@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 Roseline Ajovi Tomkara who lost her husband Mr. Albert Tomkara, an industrialist and Gold merchant in political crises. She is interested in investing multi Million dollars in your country especially on the areas of hotel and agriculture.

Mrs Tomkara is very sick and would want to do this investment for her only son. She needs someone who is both capable and reliable with experience in international 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 Twelve million, six hundred thousand American dollars ($12,600,000.00) in cash presently secured by her late husband with a private security company here in Benin. On receipt of your response via email, Please call me on my phone number and will quickly open up communication on how to transfer the funds to you. Do send your response to: gderek_civilserve11@yahoo.com

Sincere regards
Derek

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