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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: "Adam" <adammboma@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: adam_mboma@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 23:56:13 -0800
Subject: NEXT OF KIN

MR. ADAM MBOMA
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ANNEX)
DIRECTOR, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT,
LOME-TOGO (WEST AFRICA)
TELL :228-9116578.

Dear friend,


I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise.I got your contact
address from the Internet while I was searching for a business partiner.
My name is MR.ADAM MBOMA.the Audit and Accounting Director of the African
Development Bank,Lome-Togo. In my department we discovered an abandoned
sum of USD$12,500.000.00 (TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS).In an account that belongs to this our foreign customer who died
along with his wife and children in the plane crash.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.Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting
his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release
it unless somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to the
deceased, as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately I learnt
that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him in
the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business
proposals to you so that you will apply as the NEXT OF KIN or relation to
the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it because we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed Bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such
money remains unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred
into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request for foreigner in this
transaction is necessary because our late customer was a foreigner and a
Togolaise cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that 30% of
this money will be for you as foreigner partner in respect to the provision
of a foreign account.2% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the
business and 68% would be for me and after which I shall visit your country
for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as we arranged,you
will furnished me with a good receiving BANK ACCOUNT detail where the money
will be transfered,your private tellphone and fax number for easy communication.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail a text of
the application which you shall Fill your banking details and fax to our
foreign remittance manager,for easy execution of the transaction. I will
not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100% risk-free
on both side. As all required arrangement have been made for the transfer
and more so all the documents backing this claim will be supplied to you
after you might have applied. Please I would like you keep this transaction
confidential and as a top secret.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours Sincerely,

MR.ADAM MBOMA.


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