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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.
  • dennisamah_2@yahoo.com.br
  • dennisamah_2@yahoo.com.br

Fraud email example:

From: dennis amah <dennis_amah100@web.de>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:32:00 +0200
Subject: Expecting to hear from you.







Dear one,

Good day and God Bless you.

Permit me to inform you of my desire for you to help me. Obviously, you
might be surprised on recieving this mail due to we have not known before.

By brief introduction , iam John Koffi Douglas. iam (20 years) a citizen of Ivoirrien and the only son of late Mr and Mrs (Simpline Douglas)
My Late parents was killed by the rebels in my home town BOUAKE
during the recent Political
crisis of Sept, 2002 . After their death, I and my younger sister Patricia
manage to run out of our town to Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire, where we are
staying now for our safety.

My father was a Wealthy Cocoa and Gold Merchant before he met his sudden
death . Before their death in a private hospital , my father secretly
disclosed to me of the total Sum of $19,000,000.00 (Nineteen million US Dollars) he
deposited with a private bank here in Abidjan, Cote d' ivoire.
Dear one, please I am honourably seeking your assistance to assist us to transfer this money into your account in your country before our arrivals. I also want you to stand as a guardian to us in investing this money into any lucrative business in your country.
I will also like you to make an arrangement for my younger sister to further her Education in your country. I will offer you 25% of the total Sum as compensation after the transfer . Please, get back to me through the above email address dennisamah_2@yahoo.com.br to enable me inform you the requirement before the transfer of the money into your account . Email us and Please send your reply to me with this above email address ,dennisamah_2@yahoo.com.br

Thanks for your kindness and God bless you. i write english and i write french
Expecting to hear from you.
Sincerely,
John & Patricia Douglas.



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