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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: larrylecobank1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:59:38 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=20Mr=2ELarry?=

Mr Larry Lekwas(Ecobank Benin)
Tel: (229)57 34 47
Cotonou -Republique du Benin.
alternative Email:(gk4445@yahoo.fr)

Dear Sir,

I am Mr Larry Lekwas,area manager in one of the Ecobank branches here in
Benin.I am contacting you for a beneficial business transaction,which will
be of mutual benefit for us. On June 1998,an expertriate oil consultant/contractor
customer of our Bank working with Shell Petroleum Development Corporation
here in Benin, made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve
calendar months valued at US$18,500,000.00(Eighteen Million Five Hundred
Thousand U.S. Dollars only) in my branch. On maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarded address but got no reply. After month,we sent
a reminder and finally, we discovered from his contract employee (Shell
Petroleum Corporation) that Engr.Gert Landaverde died from an automobile
accident while on vacation abroad. On further investigation, I found out
that he died without making a will. All attempts by the Bank to trace his
next of kin were
fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Engr.Landaverde
did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents
including his deposit paper work in my bank. The total sum of US$18,500,000.00
is still standing in his favour in my bank as dormant account. No one will
ever come forward to claim it. According to Republic of Benin banking law,
after five years,the money will revert to the ownership of the Beninoise
government if the account owner is certified dead and nobody comes forward
to claim it. This is the situation, and my
proposal is that I am looking for a reliable foreigner whom I would use
as the beneficiary/next of kin to Engr.Landaverde to have the fund transferred
to his custody for us to share. A bank account abroad will facilitate the
transfer of this money to the beneficiary/next of kin. This is simple. All
you have
to do is to immediately send me the details of a bank account coordinate
anywhere in the world for me to arrange the proper money transfer paperwork.
The money will then be transferred into the account for us.There is no risk
involved. All the paperwork for the transaction will be done by me using
my position and connection in the bank here. This transaction is
guaranteed.If you are interested, please reply immediately via my direct
Telephone or e-mail address above. Please observe utmost confidentiality
and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both
of us. Please do not expose this deal if you are not interested because
if you do, it will take me out of seat.

I am waiting your urgent reply.

Best regards,

Mr.Larry Lekwas







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