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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: "Mr Ben Dare" <bedre_3@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: bendare001@tiscali.fr
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 15:54:08 +0000
Subject: Waiting for your response urgently!!!

FROM MR BEN DARE.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BURKINA FASO
Tel: +226 76 57 79 66
PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: bendare001@tiscali.fr



I am MR BEN DARE, the bill and exchanger manager
of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BURKINA FASO in West
Africa with due respect and
regards.


I have decided to contact you on a business
transaction that will be very beneficial to
both of us at the end of the transaction. We
had a foreign client DR H. PAUL JACOBI who
deposited a huge sum of money (US$10.5 million)
with our bank.

Eventually, this client was among the
victims of EGYPT AIR BOEING 767 FLIGHT
NO.990 that crashed on the 31-10-1999 in
U.S.A but, since then we have not had any
body coming for the claims as the next of kin.
A situation I have monitored closely with my
position in the bank.

Now, having monitored this deposit over
the years after his death, and hence nobody
has showed up as the next of kin for the past
three and half years, I have moved the file to
my private volt.

I now solicit for your assistance to present
you as the next of kin as every other arrangement
has being concluded by me and I am only waiting for
a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his account.
This does not have any risk attached to it as all
the internal documentations will be handled
by me.

I therefore request you to confirm your
interest by a return message and I will
furnish you with details. Your interest
will be negotiable before we commence the
project.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Remain Bless.

Yours Faithfully.
MR BEN DARE.
+226 76 57 79 66

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