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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.
  • xcelenzimi@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kunbankinach1 Gazeta.pl" <kunbankinach1@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:52:27 +0200
Subject: A Token From My Heart,Contact Him Immediately


*Dear Colleague, *

*How is your family? Hope all is well with you and your family? I know you
may not remember me again because it's been long. But if you do not remember
me, you might have receive an email from me in the past regarding a
multi-million-dollar business proposal which we never concluded, though it's
been long you may not remember again. *

*Since all our effort in conjunction with yours were met with various
failures and disappointments after the other, there was an influential party
from Britain that was approached on our behalf by a Finance & Management
Supports Initiatives(a consulting firm); and with her (influential party)
imputes, the Fund was paid out and I have collected my own share.

Presently, I am in Ecuador where, in partnership with a core investor in the
Mining Sector of their economy, we are investing in the industry.

I am not oblivious of the fact that you did your best in that
aspect,contributing to the successful end of that transaction although, it
seemed that element of doubt crept in. You were not to blame, as there were
many circumstances that would reflect such scepticism.

For your sincere but unfruitful sacrifices, I pressurized the influential
woman to concede some amount as compensation to you, for the resource that
you put in and other inconveniences caused to you.

The sum of US $1,6,000.00 was what she agreed to as your compensation value,
and the sum was made in draft but, because of my appointment in Ecuador and
too, I could not get through to you since your number at any time indicated
"not in use", I then handed it over to the Secretary of the Finance &
Management Supports Initiatives,Lome,Togo, a consulting firm. *

*Contact person: Mr Zimba Gino.
Contact e-mail: **xcelenzimi@yahoo.fr* <xcelenzimi@yahoo.fr>
*
The Secretary is very much informed by me about you and I instructed him to
hand over the draft to you as soon as you contacts him. I gave him the CODE
555, which you have to mention for identification.

Note: At times I will be in the site and the Internet does not work there.
Only when I am in the city.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr Kunbanki Nachi.*

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