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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: "Kwame Cole" <kwame_cole012000@msn.com>
Reply-To: k_cole101@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 02:44:10 +0000
Subject: Reply

Dear Sir/Ma,

I have the honor and confidences to introduce you to this business in view
of the fact that you are trustworthy and reliable. I got your contact from a
one time Ghana trade attached in your country and I have confided in her
about this transfer.

I am Kwame Cole. I work in the foreign Payment Department of Menatep Group.
Before I retired, there was an account opened in our bank by the late Vice
President of Sudan Late Joseph Karang on July 2005 but since after the
opening, he died in August and was reportedly killed in a helicopter crash
between the borders of his country and Uganda. After a private investigation
I discovered that the owner of this account died without having a
beneficiary to this account.

We will use normal banking procedures to transfer the fund legally. I will
bring my position and influence to facilitate transfer immediately by legal
means. What we request is absolute secrecy and confidentiality. And that you
will never disappoint us when fund is transferred to your account.

There is no risk to this business as we would follow the normal banking
procedures. When this fund is transferred to any account you will provide I
will bring all documents used in this process to destroy them in your
presence when I come over for my share. Contact me urgently for the way
forward. Please send to me your private phone number that I could use in
calling you. You should contact me through the email address below.

Best Regards.
Mr. Kwame Cole.

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