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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: kennedy eron1 <kennedyeron1@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 08:04:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE /


CREDIT & FINANCE MANAGER.
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
Lome TOGO Annex.

ATTENTION:My Dear Friend

My Name is Mr. ERON Kennedy, a credit and finance manager with African
Development Bank here in Lome TOGO. In my department i discovered
an abandoned funds (USD$ 20.5 million) in an account that belongs to one
of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since i got information about his death, I have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it
unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt
that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after Six years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in
this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and an Indigene cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

Your percentage will be declare to you as soon as you indicate your
interest. I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated once you have agreed to get this fund transfered
through your account.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the movement of the money.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter for more details.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
ERON KENNEDY





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