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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: Zeinab Ali <zeinab_ali004@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:46:31 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From Zeinab.


Dearest,

I am Zeinab Ali the Daugther of late Mr and Mrs Ali My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Bouake, the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was Assasinated to death during the crisis of the country Ivory Coast.

When my mother died on the 21st October 1994, my father took me and my little Brother so special because we are motherless. Before the death of my father on 28th February 2004 in a private hospital here in bouake.

Before his death he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $15.5 (fifteen Million,five hundred thousand dollars)kept in a Trunk box, Deposited in a Security Company here in abidjan,as a family treasure.And he used my name being the First Child as the next of kin in depositing the box.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and been a stranger married Ivorienne woman, that he was Assasinated by his business associates.So he then told me that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this trunk box to and use the money in it for investment purpose, (such as real estate management).

Sir, we are honourably seeking for your assistance in the following ways.
1)We want you to assist us to Transfer this Trunk box to your country.
2) To assist us get a resident permit to your country and also invest the money in the box for us in lucrative business.

Please consider this and get back to me.


Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God Bless.





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