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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: banabasbenard@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:35:40 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20DESK=20OF=20THE=20=28Chartered=20Accountant=2C=20Eco=2E=20Bank=20PLC=29?=

Dearly beloved,

This mail will definitely come to you as a surprise, but I must crave your
indulgence to introduce myself. I am MR, BANABAS BERNARD, Chartered Accountant,
Eco. Bank PLC, Nigeria. I got your contact through an International web
Directory and decided to contact you concerning an issue involving the transfer
of funds.

I am the account officer of late MR. SOEIA BAROAN. He lived and worked as
an expatriate in Thailand where he died during the Tsunami flooding incident
late last year along side his wife, MRS. VERONICA BAROAN and their only
daughter, MS. NATASHA BAROAN. His dormant account valued at USD$5.5M [Thirty
Million, five hundred thousand United States Dollars] is still lying unclaimed
as we do not have contact with any of his extended family members and none
of them have stepped forth to lay claim on the money.

If such money remains unclaimed, it will be forfeited to the Government
Treasury as an unclaimed bill. In this regard, I in collaboration with some
of my colleagues we want to transfer this fund to your nominated bank account.
Only a foreigner can claim the money as the next of kin to the deceased
and it is upon this fact that I decided to contact you. I hereby solicit
for you to nominate an account where the money will be transferred. I want
you to act as MR. SOEIA BAROAN's next of kin. I have in my possession, all
the necessary documents to successfully accomplish the feat.

Bear in mind that this transaction is 100% risk free, genuine and legitimate.
On conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 20% as gratification
for your assistance, 3% will be set aside for expenses incurred and the
remaining 77% will be for my colleagues and I. Further Information will
be given to you as soon as I receive your positive response. I suggest you
get back to me as soon as possible confirming your interest to get along
with this transaction through my official email
address; banabasbenard@myway.com

I wait to hear from you.

Thank you.


MR. BANABAS BERNARD



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