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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: "Kwoum Nmeme" <jkwuom1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jkwuom1@voila.fr
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 12:34:01 +0000
Subject: MR JOHN KWUOM

I AM MR JOHN KWUOM
Abidjan Republic of Cote D'Ivoire.West Africa
Tel 0022505812367

Dear ,

I am writting you this letter with due respect and heart full of tears I
need your help, I got your name and contact from your country directory,
please i need a trust-worthy person that will help me to transfer this money

I am MR JOHN KWUOM , the only Son of late Mr and Mrs KWUOM . My father was a
very Rich and wealthy Gold Trader in Monrovia the Capital of republic of
Liberia in West Africa ,

I want to let you know that my father was poisoned by his business
associates while my mother died when i am little and my father took me so
special because I am his only son. before the death of my father on 13th
August 2005 in a hospital here in cote d'ivoire, he secretly told me that
he has the sum of
(USD $15 MILLION FIFTEEN MILLION U.S DOLLARS ) which he deposited in a bank
here in Cote D'ivoire. he made this money from the sales of Gold,

He also told me that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his
business patners while on a business trip with them and he instructed me to
look for a foreign partner who will help me transfer this money out of
republic of Cote Divoire and invest it for me,
my purpose of contacting you is for you to help transfer this money to your
country before this peoples who kill my father will kill me ,

this people who kiil my father are after my life and they want to kill me
and collect the this money from me , that is why I'm now hiding my self
here in republic of Cote Divoire so that they will not see me, please i
want your urgent help ,remember I will give you the 10% of the $15,
Million Dollars,

but you have to assure me that you will help me fully to transfer the money
to your account , l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you
because this money is my only hope in this life ,and moreover you will also
help me to come over to your country were i will settel down for my life and
invest this money for me

i can assure you there is No Risk involve the money is an inheritance from
my late father,

I am waiting to hear from you,

MR JOHN KWUOM
Tel 00225-05-81-2367

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