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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: "BENSON ELUWA" <ben_eluwa01@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ben_eluwa@freemail.et
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 01:03:02 -0800
Subject: PLEASE DO REPLY NOW

FROM OFFICE OF CHIEF
ACCOUNTANT OF ECO BANK
OF NIGERIA PLC.
MR BENSON ELUWA.


I am Mr. Benson Eluwa the Chief Accountant with Eco
Bank Nigeria Plc.I have a mutual confidential transaction that
I think will be of mutual benefit to both of us. As head of accounts department of Eco Bank Nigeria Plc.

I discovered some amount of money while I was auditing accounts for thefirst quater of 2004 fiscal year.
This money totaling USD$15.500.000 million have been
laying there for 5 years now. Belonging to Mr. Barry
Kelly a foreign oil consultant/contractor who died
on 1 of February 1999 in a plane crash in Tambacoumba, Senegal. On my further inquire,
I discover that Mr. Barry M. Kelly died with out making
a (Will) and all attempts to trace his next of kin, relations proved fruitless.
This prompt me to make further inquire that led my discovery that Engr. Barry
did not declare any kin or relation in all his official documents including his bank
deposit.

Right now this fund has been carefully moved out of my bank
to a security company. I want you as a foreigner to lay claims
on this money before the board of directors come up sharing the
money among themselves by declaring the fund an unclear fund
since Barry's account has been dormant of some years.

This transaction is 100% risk free and has no
legal implications as I have made all necessary arrangement to
ensure a hitch free transaction. If this offer interests you do
not hesitate to reply through my email address .

So that we can discuss on sharing ratio and terms of partnership.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL PLEASE.

Best regard.
Mr. Benson Eluwa

Chief Accountant (Eco Bank Nig Plc)

Lagos Head office.

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