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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: "John Koso" <johnkoso@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:57:49 -0400
Subject: Be the next of Kin.

Dear Sir,

I am Mr.John Koso, a lawyer by profession. I was the personal attorney to
Mr.Edward Genereaux, a foreign national who worked as a petrochemical
consultant to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and other oil
companies and agencies. It was known here,he was my Client. On the 21st of
August 2002, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a
car accident along Sagbama Express here in Nigeria. Unfortunately all the
entire family lost their lives in the tragedy. Since then, I have made
several enquires to locate any of my clients' extended relatives but all my
efforts was unsuccesful. After these unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
contacted you.

Now my contacts to you is to assist me in REPATRIATING THE MONEY IN HIS BANK
ACCOUNT HERE before the accident, before the money will be confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the bank where he deposited this money valued
$14.3m. More importantly, the bank (Guaranty Trust Bank of Nigeria Plc.)
where my deceassed client deposited these sum of money has served me a writ
of notice to provide the NEXT OF KIN of my client, or the account will be
confiscated. Since I have tried and failed on several occassions in locating
his relatives, I am now seeking your consent to present you as the Next of
Kin of the deceassed, so that the money in his account will be paid to you,
while I will come over to your country for the sharing. I have proposed take
60% while you will take 35%, and 5% will be used to pay back all expenses we
will incur. I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to
back up the claim. All I require is your honest cooperation 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.

If are interested in being my partner,please send your full
names,address,telephone and fax numbers to enable me commence with the
process.

Yours sincerely,

John Koso.


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