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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: "richard okuntimo." <richardokuntimo23@katamail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: richardokuntimo15@katamail.com
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 19:48:44 -0800
Subject: GOOD DAY

Mr.richard okuntimo.
Chief Accountant,
Accounting departmentL
Lion bank plc
545,Mahammadu Way Jos- Nigeria.
EMAIL; [richardokuntimo15@katamail.com


First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though i know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried. But i am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. we have decided to contact you through this medium due to the urgency of this transaction as we have been reliably informed of your discreteness and ability. My name is Richard Okuntimo, chief accountant, accounting department Lion Bank Plc. I am writing in respect of a foreigner, a Ugandan national,Late Allan Mukuru,director of the IRC's aid programmes in Sierra Leone until his death in a Sierra Leone air crash you can visit the website for more confirmation of this proposal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3851143.stm

Sequel to this, fervent valuable efforts were made by Lion Bank Plc to get in touch with any of the Late Director of the IRC's aid programmes in Sierra Leone Mr Allan Mukuru,family or relatives but proved to no avail. it is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of the Late Mr Allan Mukuru,next-of-kin that the management under the influence of our honorable chairman and members of the board of directors, that arrangement will be made for the fund to bedeclared"un-claimable" and subsequently be donated to the trust fund for the purchase of arms and ammunition to further enhance the course of war in Africa and the world in general. ? war is a crime against humanity" in order to avert this crude and negative development, some of my trusted colleagues and i now seek your permission to have you stand as the next-of-kin to Late Director of the IRC's aid programmes in Sierra Leone Mr Allan Mukuru, so that the fund us$10m would b!
e released and paid into your account as the beneficiary's next-of kin.
All documents and proves to enable you receive this fund will be carefully worked out and more so as professional bankers, we are assuring you of 100% risk free involvement. your share stays while the rest will be for myself and my colleagues for investment purposes in your country. I agreed that 40% will be your share as a foreign partner in respect of providing an account while 10% will take of any expenses that might be incurred in the process of succeeding the transfer and the rest will be for me and my partners which will contribute to make everything possible. thereafter,i will visit your country for disbursement as i am almost due for retirement will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as the whole required arrangement has been perfected for the transfer. you are to provide for us, your banking in formations where this fund will be transferred,

A]company name and address,
B]phone and fax numbers (private)
C]your full name

so you want it to appear in your application form of claim and little information?s about yourself,so that i equally will know your ability to handle this transaction.
have a nice day.

Best regards,

Mr.Richard okuntimo
Chief Accountant,
Accounting departmentL
Lion bank plc
545 Mahammadu Way Jos- Nigeria.

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