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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: "samuel kabila" <samuelkabila01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: samuelkabila001@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 09:02:48 +0200
Subject: FUND TRANSFER & INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

FROM:SAMUEL KABILA
EMAIL:samuelkabila01@hotmail.com



ATTN:DIRECTOR\C.EO.


I got your contact in my search for an honest, godly and trustworthy foreign
partner to assist me transact a rather very lucrative but confidential
business. First, I must introduce myself to you. I am Col. SAMUEL Kabila, a
former aide de camp and cousin to the late President of DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF CONGO(DRC) (formerly known as Zaire),LAURENT KABILA.Due to the war raging
in my country then the late President, Laurent Kabila,was using me through
diplomatic means to send money out of the Republic because he had feared
that he might be overthrown or killed at any time. He wanted to provide for
his family.

On this particular occasion the late President gave me the sum of
US$20MILLION (TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) to carry abroad through
SOUTH AFRICA.This money was packed into a SAFE-BOX and brought into SOUTH
AFRICA by DIPLOMATIC MEANS. It is here in South Africa that the news of the
death of the President reached me, just exactly as he feared. May his soul
rest in peace! After receiving the news of the President's death, i was
faced with deciding on what to do with the US$20M (Twenty Million United
States Dollars) in my possession.I then deposited the SAFE-BOX containing
this money in a PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY here in SOUTH

AFRICA as FAMILY VALUABLES, without disclosing real content of it to them.
My objective now is to invest this money in a foreign country like yours. I
will also appreciate entering into a profitable joint venture with you after
the safe transfer of the money.

I am by this mail asking you to assist me transfer this money to your
personal/corporate account. For your assistance,I shall compensate you with
20% of the total sum. I have also set aside 5% of the total sum for expenses
you and l may incur in course of this transaction.The remaining 75% will be
for my family,which you will help us invest. Kindly, contact me by this
email address.I wil furnish you with the details of the transaction as soon
as you assure me of your honesty, trust and determination to help me.


Note that all necessary arrangements for the success of this transaction
have been concluded by me here and the transaction will take us a maximum of
5 [five] working days to accomplish.there is no risk involved.

Thanks,
Samuel Kabila.

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