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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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• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Dr=20Paul=20Owen?= <drpaulowen15@yahoo.cl>
Reply-To: drpaul10@gawab.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:59:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Dear Friend Happy New Year/Urgent


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:drpaulowen15@yahoo.cl



- Dear Beloved Friend.Warmest greetings to you,I know this letter will definitely comes to you as a suprise.I am Dr Paul Owen the Auditor General in African Development Bank Republic Du Benin.During the course of our auditing last year I discovered a floating funds in an account opened in the bank in 1999 and since 2004 nobody has operated on this account again.After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir] So I am soliciting for your assitance to present you as the next of kin to thedecease hence he does not have some one as his next of kin to inherit the Funds, Therefore if you are interested to work with me, urgently get back to me so that I will give you more informations and how the funds shall be successfuly transfer to you by the bank. I look forward to your reply soonest,RegardsDr Paul Owen ,Director Auditing and Accounting unit

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