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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.Frank Ekeh" <frank_ekeh1954@zipmail.com.br> (may be fake)
Reply-To: frank_ekeh@jumpy.it
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 09:36:36 +0100
Subject: From Frank Ekeh

Dear,

I have the priviledge to ask for your assistance to handle this important and confidential
business believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am MR.Frank Ekeh, the MANAGER of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
[ADB]ASSISTING GOVERNMENT PROJECTS IN BENIN REPUBLIC.

There is an unclaimed ADB assisted contract money in ADB since 1990.
After going through some oldfiles in the records, I discovered that if I do not claim and
effectremittance of this money urgently, it will be forfeited .

The owner or beneficiary of the contract sum is Mr.DASILVA HOLTZ ,a foreigner, and
a miner at HOLDAS HOLDINGS CO., a geologist by profession and he died in 1990.

MR.DASILVA HOLTZ has no other beneficiary or next of kin.My investigation proved
to me as well that, the company - HOLDAS HOLDINGS CO. does not know anything
about this sum I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreigner with some
proof to the claim as the former owner Mr.Dasilva is a foreigner too.

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we have not met before but
be assured that it is real and a genuine-risk free business.I only got your contact address
from my secretary - a computer operator with belief in God that you will never let me down
in this business.You are the only person that I have contacted.

Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take. Send also your private
telephone and fax numbers so that we can discuss on this issue.
I wait to hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account.
I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this
money to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the Ministries and Foreign
Exchange Departments here.

I look forward to your urgent reponse.
Yours Truly,
MR.Frank Ekeh

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