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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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• 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.
  • wanfpbfrancis_kuala@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "francis"<francis_kuala@myway.com>
Reply-To: francis_kuala@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:29:18 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: good


Dear,FriendI am introducing myself as Mr. Francis Kuala, an accountant with the West African NetWork for Peace Building (WANFPB) in capital city of Accra, Republic of Ghana. I found it easy and reliable, from your lined profile in my recent search, to dealing with you in terms of general investment in your country. On behalf of my involved colleagues in the above office, my inquiry is to know if you would legitimately, handle an investment with an initial inflow of US$4,329,000.00 dollars, depending on your area of specialization?The fund was accrued from our reserved procceds with the colloborated effort of I and other two officials and is meant purposely for overseasinvestment. We would under a memorandum of Understanding (Agreement), start on the processing of the transfer of the fund to you before our anticipated meeting in either your country or here in Accra. Kindly get back to me with your area of specicializatiobn if you are interest for detailed information.Best
regards,Mr.Francis KualaAccountant - WANFPBfrancis_kuala@yahoo.co.uk

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