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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: "kevin mobutu" <kevinmobutu1@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:43:55 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir/Madam

It's my pleasure to send you this mail, which I hope you will treat as
highly confidential. My name is Kevin Mobutu Seseseko, son of the Late
President Mobutu Sesesekou of Zaire, New Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
There is war going on in my country and so my mother and I escaped to South
Africa. Due to the present crises, it is not safe to put any investment in
my country and besides most of my father's properties and account have been
seized by the government of Laurent Kabila. Now, I want to set up Viable
Business Ventures, which I hope you will advise me on. I sincerely have the
sum of Eleven million Two Hundred United States Dollars set aside
for this project, but I would not want my name or family's name to be used.
My father deposited this money with a financial security company in South
Africa Arrangement have been concluded with this financial & security
company to package the funds in a consignment to enable us take it to the
United States with the help of a trusted Diplomat who will not know the
context of the consignment as it is termed to contain precious African
items, but just to enable
the consignment have diplomatic immunity so that it will not be opened by
the customs. I am prepared to offer you 25% of the total sum if you assist
me in receiving the consignment containing the funds from the diplomat when
he arrives U.S and hold in trust for me pending my arrival to meet with you
in the United States. I will give you the name of the diplomat and the day
he will be coming with the consignment when you indicate your interest.
Please we need to act fast because all the modalities have been put in place
awaiting an interested, honest individual to help me.

Please reply to this e-mail address:- kevin_mobutu2005@yahoo.co.uk.

Thanking you in advance in anticipation of your willingness to help.

Best Regards,
Mr. Kevin Mobutu.

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