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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: mrpaulguei@hispeed.ch
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:36:15 +0100
Subject: From Mr Paul Guei.

PRIVATE ASSISTANCE.

Dear Friend,

Let not my mail come to you as a surprise, I am contacting you based on the trust and confidence I reposed on your person that you can be capable of executing this transaction for me on a mutual benefit and I know you will not betray me by the grace of God.

I am Paul Kata Guei, 18 years old, the son of Late Gen. Robert Guei, who was the former military President of my country Cote D'Ivoire. My late father was murdered on the 18-09-2002 while attempting to gain power through a failed coup d'etat.
I confide in you to disclose my late fathers' wealth acquired while in office as the former President of my country Cote D'lvoire. The sum of $42MUSD (Forty two million dollars only) deposited into a security company abroad for safe-keepig by my late father without making the real contents of the consignment known that it contains cash money to the security company and the certificate of deposit of this fund given to me indicated (Family Personal ffects)deposited in the
security company Abroad.

Proceedures:

1. I have already made a contact with the security company Abroad, and they confirmed having such deposit under their custody. Your duty is to assist in receiving the money for urgent transfer into your account for future investment on my behalf pending my arrival into your country for permanent residency for continuing my education.

2. Your required to send me the followings:

***** Your full name, address and telephone.

With the above informations, I shall commence the procedures for the transfer of the next of kin to you as my foreign partner/beneficiary for the claims, by sending you the proof document concerning this deposit.

I therefore advise you to treat this with utmost secrecy and urgency by reaching me through my email address hence I am in refegue camp in cotonou, Republic of Benin. I am waiting for your urgent response so that i will give you more details on how to proceed.

Yours' Sincerely,

Mr. Paul Kata Guei.

Reply to {mrpaulguei@yahoo.com}

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