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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: "ife williams boko" <ife_w_boko@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ife_b_williams@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:52:26 +0200
Subject: YOUR ATTE PLEASE /10.5M$

ATTN PLEASE:

My Dear, God Will Blesss You

I know you will be suprise to recieve this proposal from someone you have never seen
before. In a nutshell I am Miss Ife Williams Boko 25yrs old.The Daughter of Late Dr
Williams ,who died alonge side with the former millitray leather of the federal
republic of Cote D' Ivoire,general Guei,during the coup attemt by the rebells,which
took the lifes of many people in my country. I am constrained to contact you because
of the maltreatment I,m receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my
late father's treasury and properties away from me since the unexpected death of my
Father. Meanwhile I wanted to escape to the United Sates but she stoled my internationa
l passport and other valuable travelling documents.But luckily she did not discover
where I hide my fathers deposite File where important documents are kept. So I decided
to run to Dakar Senegal for safety also to seek for asylum in the refugee camp to
contact you confidencially. She have even closed all my late father's , just to put me
into suffery and starvation. Now I urgently need an assistance of a reputable and
trustworthy Foreigner who will help me to retrieve this money deposited by my late
father in a Finance House, l and subsequently stand on my behalf, as the next of kin.
The money have been saved and deposited with a Finance House. He deposited the sum of
10.5M US dollars (ten point five million united state dollars.)I am here with the
Deposite Certificate and the death certificate of my late father ,all will be sent
to you upon request as soon as i get you well, know body knows what i have and where
i am. It therefore became very necessary and urgent that somebody in your foreign
position should render a helping hand to safe-guard this fund for me in safe until
my arrival in your country.I am asuring you 100% rist free,and i have map out 15% of
the total money for your kind assistance while 5% will be kept aside for any
miscellaneous expenses incurred. This is the reason why I decided to contact you.
Please all communications(replies) should be through this email address
(miss_b_w@yahoo.ca ) for confidentialpurposes.Please your urgent responce will be
highly appriciated.
Thanks
Miss Ife. B. Williams


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