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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • robertgbagbo3@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: robert gbagbo <robertgbagbo102@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <robertgbagbo3@mail.ru>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:51:26 -0600
Subject: hello



Season greetings,
I am Robert Gbagbo, the son of Cote d 'Ivories (president) the only son of my mother (third wife)

Because of the war in Cote d 'Ivoire, my family and me base in Ghana for now, and my father discussion with the rebels (Laurent Gbagbo)


So due to the war, My house in Cote d' Ivories was set ablaze. The rebels hold half of the country. My problem now is that I have FIFTEEN MILLION U.S.D that my mother, bank for me, I want to transfer the money out of Ghana and base there, please if you can help me I will give you 20% percent of the total sum of the money will be yours my friend.
I still say my mother is the third wife of the president (Laurent Gbagbo)
of Cote d' Ivories.

I HAVE AGREED TO INVEST MY MONEY VIABLE IN ANY OVERSEAS COUNTRY THROUGH YOUR ASSISTANCE AND DIRECTIVES.

Please this is secret and confidential between you and me only. The money is my late mother own, my mother die in 2002.

NOTE; the money belong to my mother and 5%for expenses

Reply me robertgbagbo3@mail.ru

Please if my English is bad bear with me thanks
Yours faithfully,
Robert Gbagbo
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