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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: jerry_alex03@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:45:15 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?NEXT=20OF=20KIN?=

Mr.John Chukwu AND CO ASSOCIATES
(ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW)
06 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODOMEY,
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

Attn: My Dear Friend,

Compliments, I Mr.John Chukwu have decided to
bestow this trust on you, which I pray you will not ignore
or betray. I appologise in advance for any inconviniences
this may cause you. I am Mr.John Chukwu the
Personal Attorney to late Mr. PATRICK CARL , who was a
contractor here in Benin Rep. And on the 3rd of Oct 2000;
my client, and his family were perished in a ghostly car
accident along Midombo Togo express way. As a matter of
fact, my client made a fixed dopsit Amount, valued at
(USD$15.7M) with Legend Trust Bank here in Cotonou Benin
Rep, and upon the maturity time of their agreement, his
bank started contacting him but no response. Conseqently,
the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to
the deceased as his personal attorney, or have his account
confiscated after four years, as it is in the law of this
country.

Since then, I have made several contacts to His Countries
Embassy in order to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, which had also been unsuccessful. Since I have
been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over two
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next
of kin of the deceased since none of his relatives were no
way to be found so that the proceeds of this account valued
at $15.7m could be transffered into your account,
thereafter, we will both share it in percentage according
to our contributions to boost the success of this great
transaction. I have all the necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up all the claims we will make.
I know that you might be wonder why I have decided to trust
you with this huge sum, but the truth is that I need you to
get this money out and considering the fact that you are a
foreigner which makes it a lot easier and straight forward.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us make
this great benefiting transaction successfully. I guarantee
you that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. Please get in touch with me as fast as possible
through my E-mail or through phone to enable us discuss
further the progress of this business. alternatively you
can reply through this email ;

With best regards,

Mr.John Chukwu





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