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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: markkabila1@myway.com
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:45:11 -0700
Subject: FAMILY BUSINESS INVESTMENT







FAMILY BUSINESS INVESTMENT
Johannesburg, South Africa
From:Mark Kabila

Dear,

This letter might surprise you because we have not met
neither in person nor by correspondence. I got your contact
through some discreet inquiry from the chamber of commerce
and industry; one has no doubt in your ability to handle a
financial business transaction.

However, I wish to introduce myself, I am Mark Kabila the
son of the late Democratic Republic of Congo President
Laurent Desire Kabila of the blessed memory. I know this
letter might come to you as a surprise but I honestly do not
intend to I write This Letter in respect of my intention to
invest the sum of US$28M (Twenty Eight Million United State
Dollars) with you.

Once I get your responds, I will flourish you with details
on how to go about this transaction

Best Regards,

Mark Kabila(for the family)

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