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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: "Junior Henry Bakaba" <j_1bakaba@yahoo.it> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:33:20 +0000
Subject: REPLY WAITING

Junior Henry Bakaba
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
West Africa
Tel:+225-05-80-59-64.

My Dear
I am Junior Henry Bakaba the only son of late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bakaba My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip .

My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Nine million United State Dollars. USD ($ 9.000,000) left in a fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan ,that he used my name as his only son for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates.

That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:

1) To assist me make claim of the MONEY from the BANK and transfer it to your account in your country.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since i am 21 years old.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country as well as to help me invest the fund.
If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer to you 10% Of the total fund. I await your soonest response.
Respectfully yours,
Junior

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