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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: "peter elvis" <peter_elvis717@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 07:25:19 +0000
Subject: From: Barr.Elvis Peter

From: Barr.Elvis Peter
Internationale Banque Du Benin(I.B.D.B)
Private box: (esq_40@hotmail.com )
Dear Sir,
I am Barrister Elvis Peter. attorney to Late paulton Allen a foreigner and
an Engineer with Atlas Engineering Co.Late paulton Allens has an account
with I.B.D.B. which he set up in 1986.He died in 1996 in an auto crash in
Benin, I received a memo November last year from the nternational remittance
unit of I.B.D.B. for an interview,The Bank informed me on their policy to
Freeze the account and redirect the funds back to government treasury
because they saw no next of kin in Paulton Allens entire file Except me as
his attorney but not his inheritor, He said it is the Central Bank
Regulations and the I.B.D.B. policy on dormant account for the period of ten
years as the policy says that such fund should be forfeited to government
treasury . The amount is (USD 45 MILLION) Forty Five million United States
Dollars,So After scrutinizing his entire file within my Chamber i discovered
thathe had no next of kin in his entire file with us too On that issue i
opened up to the manager on my intention to move the funds for investments.
He then adviced me to look for a foreigner because Paulton Allens is not a
citizen of Benin,And he told me that the fund will be processed as a
contract sum in the name of the new benficiary,the deposit was contract sum
paid into late paultons account on the order of the Federal Ministry of
finance to the Central Bank. I am contacting you because of the need to
involve a foreigner with foreign account as the foreign beneficiary. I need
your full co-operation to make this transaction work. I have resolved to
share the money in this ratio.50% for me,35% for you ,10% for the Operations
manager in the Bank and 5% for expences we might incurre on the course of
processing of this transaction.I will come over to your country for sharing
and investements as soon as you confirm the funds in your desired account.
The entire details of this transaction and all the role you are required to
play, i will send to you on your positive response to this mail.
Regards
Elvis Peter Esq.

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