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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: "Eric Eric" <ericeric71@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:09:40 +0000
Subject: SHOW ME YOUR PREPAREDNESS TO CHAMPION THIS DEAL

Dear John,

Thanks for your mail and urgent response. How are you? Hope you are fine as
I expected it to be.

Below is the detailed information's of the deceased customer who has an
account with our bank and right now he is dead with his entire family just
as I told you in my proposal to you.I trust you before I contacted you and I
want you to keep this trust which I have for you and I beg you with the name
of Almighty God to keep this transaction as a top secret.

Thank you once again for your acceptance to champion this business and
receive this money on my behalf also I am trusting and relying on you to
assist me to receive and invest this money in a profitable business when
this money gets to your account in your country.

Arrange for a good receiving bank account where this money will be
transfer in your favour,be informed that the name of our deceased customer
is Mr.Morris Thompson he held account number 100 1036-086 he is an American
by nationality and died on an Alaska Airline Plane crash Alaska Airline
flight number 261, on 31st of January,2000. with his entire family.

Like I told you I have taken my time to arrange this business so do not
have any atom of fear for this business is purely hitch free and there is
no risk involved.

Show me your preparedness to champion this deal upon the receipt of
this letter and I will send you the text of application form which you will
re-type fill and send to our bank for urgent payment of the fund.


You can call me on this telephone number + 229 97 58 47 91 Benin west
Africa

Waiting to hear from you soon.

Thanks and remain blessed.

Mr Eric Adologo

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