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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: "musakabbah2001@terra.es" <musakabbah2001@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:14:24 +0100 (MET)
Subject: HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.



GOOD DAY TO YOU,
MY NAME IS MUSA KABBAH THE FIRST SON OF LATE MR.J .W. KABBAH, WHO WAS THE FORMER FINANCE MINISTER IN SIERRA LEONE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO STAND AS MY FOREIGN BENEFICIARY AND RECEIVER OF AN
AMOUNT OF ELEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (USD11,500.000.00) THESE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED IN A TRANSIT ACCOUNT WITH I.C.B BANK IN GHANA.

BUT MY LATE FATHER PLACED AN INJUNCTION THAT THIS MONEY MUST BE TRANSFER ABROAD STRICTLY FOR INVESTMENT FOR THE FAMILY AND MY EDUCATION.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TO , SEND ME THE SCAN COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT AND YOUR ACCOUNT COORDINATES, SO THAT I WILL FORWARD THEM TO THE SAME BANK . AFTER THIS, YOU WILL THEN CONTACT THE BANK FOR VERIFICATIONS.

TRANSFER SHALL TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. YOU ARE ALLOWED 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS YOUR CUT WHEN THE MONEY GETS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, WHILE YOU HELP ME SECURE VISA TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION AND THE INVESTMENT.

I AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE.
YOURS SINCERELY,

MUSA KABBAH.





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