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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: "Wakuh Otu" <otuwk225@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:08:40 +0000
Subject: CALL ME ASAP

Urgent Request

Hello Dear

I am writing this letter with due senses of humility and responsibility With
full awareness that you will give a sympathetic and favourable Consideration
to help me on this mutual transaction.

I am Mr. Wakuh Otu a banker to Mr. Phang Leonard here in ECO Bank of
Burkina Faso. On the processing of transferring his fund,He death with his
family on December 31th Disaster ( SYNONYME ) in Indonesia. And the bank
confroted me as his banker to look for any of his relative or next of kin to
come for the claim.

The bank has been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money
because the bank cannot release it unless some body applies for it as next
of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines
and laws .

After my research i found out that all his relation died longside with him
at the disaster leaving nobody behind for the claim.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so
that the US$8.5M Dollars can be paid into your account so that you and I can
share the money according to the agreed ratio I will send to you the whole
relevant information about his Account immediately you accept to co-operate
with me since i am banker to him here.

Send to me your private :

Telephone and Fax number
Home and Office Address

I have decided to give you 40% of this money and 10% will be for any expense
might come. As a banker this will not take more than fourteen banking
working days for the money to get's into your account.

Trusting to hear from you immediately through my home mailbox : (
mrsroseotu@yahoo.com ), Call me +226-70100513

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Wakuh Otu

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