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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: "Dauda Momoh" <daudamomoh22@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: daudamomoh022@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:22:15 +0100
Subject: RE:INVESTMENT PROPOSAL


Greetings in the name of the lord,i hope this letter
meets you and your family in good health and it reaches
you in GODS speed.I would like you to read my mail very
well for it is not a mistake or an error i have sent it to you.
I have sent you this mail because i need your assistance to
help me and my mother as you read on you would understand.

First I must ask for your total confidence in this
matter and I pray that my decision to contact you
will be given genuine approval considering the facts
have not known each other before, I wish to use this
opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am Dauda
Momoh from Democratic Republic of Congo.

I write to know my desires to invest in your country.
I am the Last son of of King William Momoh of the Congo democratic republic in Africa.

My father was assinated by the rebels on his way
traveling to the Capital city along with my elder brother and sister.

My sister and my elder brother died on the spot while
UN Peace keeping force rescued my father,he later died in hospital
after some few days it was the sads day of my life and life has never
being the same for my mother and myself.

Before he died he revealed to me as the only surviving child
about the boxes containing 35 million U.S Dollars which he deposited
with a security company, for safe keeping Presently, I
and my mother are in Ghana to notify the security
company for the claims.

Therefore I want you to lecture me on how best we can invest
this money, because my father told me it is dangerous to invest in
Africa to avoid suspicion, and due to market instability
coupled with economic and political instability facing
Africa countries that is why I must invest abroad.

It is very important we get this money out because my
mother is in a critical condition since losing my family
she has not being the same,i really need you to stand for me
as a guaidian i hope this not too much to ask for.

For your assistance and guaidiance I and my mother have
agreed to offer any amount you ask for.

We have all the vital documents covering the deposit
and the ownership to support our claim.

NOTE: I have never disclosed this matter to anybody apart
from you,so you have to agree to keep this matter secret.

Best Regards,

Dauda Momoh.

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