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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: "kossi nestor" <nestor.kossi16@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:53:47 +0200
Subject: please help me


Dear Sir,

I'm with much pleasure to send this humbly message to you in fact I'm
Sossoukpe Kossi Nestor with the nationality of Benin who resided in Côte
d'Ivoire but now in Togo and I hope you will excuse me for the disagreement
that my message could cause you because this is the first message from me to
you while we've never meet before but I believe a relationship of
confidence can be born between you and me through our communications send my
greetings to all families and sorry for my English because I speak French
and not English but I will try my best to explain the way you could
understand what I mean.

The reason of this message goes about a fund of *($ 50 000 000 00
USD)*Fifty Millions US Dollars which was deposited in
*GIRO BANK LONDON* by Late Mr. *BOKA YAPI LAULANT* a Lieutenant of former
leader of the Praetorian Guard of General Robert Gueï, former head of the
junta in power from December 1999 to October 2000 which I'm the
next-of-Kin., Whom know one is aware if it.

Sir according to my statue, my age and the language I can't speak well
English, I need your assistance to claim this to a different country and if
possible in your country I will explain more if you accepted to be my father
or partner even with any conditions we can agreed both. Sir with your
favorable consideration please get back to me as soon as you go through this
message Thank you very much...


Kind Regards
Mr Sossoukpe Kossi Nestor

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