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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: "Barrister Peter Odily" <barrpeterodily1@msn.com>
Reply-To: barrpeterodily02@yahoo.ca
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 01:24:48 +0000
Subject: your urgent reply.

BARR PETER ODILY
PETEX & CO CHAMBERS,
10TH FLOOR;
LE SACRE COUR VILLA;
207 AVENUE HOUPHET BOIGNY;
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
Dear Friend,
I humbly crave your indulgence in sending this mail, if the contents does
not meet with your personal and business ethics, I appologise in advance.I
am Brr. Peter Odily a solicitor. Am the personal attorney to Engr.
ADAM PAUL , A national of your country, possibly Could be your brother, who
used to Work with Oando Petroleum Development Company [West Africa],Cotonou
Branch hereinafter shall be referred to as my client. In 2003, my client,
his wife and their two children were involved in a plane crash in a village
called Adjarra near Porto Novou after take off from Cotonou here in Benin
Republic.
It was unfortunate that my client and his
family all lost their lives in the crash.For more on the plane crash logon
to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm .
Since then I have made several enquiries at your embassy here in
Cotonou and Porto Novou to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this
has also proved unsuccessful. Then I have to contacted you to assist me in
repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get
confiscated, frozen or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge
deposits were lodged.
The Management has issued me a notice to provide the next Of kin or have the
account frozen within the next twenty Official working days. Since I have
been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now i seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin to thedeceased since you are from
another country it will seems to be his relative as fare as you will be
backed with all the legal document during the process to claim this account
valued at USD15.9M,and it can be paid to you and then you and I can share
the money. 60% to me and 40% to you.
I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make.
And this I must do to make sure that this fund is not Wasted or end up in
the wrong hands. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see
this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
I am waiting your urgent reply.
REGARDS,
BAR,PETER Odily,

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