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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • k_ed001@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: kingsley edward <k_ed001@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 03:49:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please very urgent response!!!


Dearest One,
Good morning and thanks for your urgent response to my mail.Well,after go through to your profile,I decieded to contact you.

I am Kingsley Edward as I wrote you in my previous mail,I am the only Son of late Mr.Johnson Edward,my late father before his death was cocoa and gold dealer based in Abidjan,before he was poisoned to death by business associate.

Before the death of my late father in a hospital here,he told me of his(US$6.8MD)that he deposited in one of prime security company in Europe.he made me to undersatnd that i am the next of kin to the money.he told me that he declared the trunk box that contains this money as "family valuables" to the security company,because he doesn't want the security company to know the real content of the box,just for security reasons.I have the documents issued to my late father by the security company the time he made the deposit

Dear,please for God sake,I want you to assist me in retrieving of this my inheritance money and lodged it into a local account over there in for further transfer into any of your account in your country.Please,your urgent response is highly needed.pleasecontact me direct to my email address,k_ed001@yahoo.com


Best Regards,

Kingsley Edward






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