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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: "JOHNADEWOLE" <JOHNADEWOLE@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:02:18 -0800
Subject: PRIVATE!

Dear Friend,

My name is John Adewole the Manager, Credit and Foreign
bills of Trust Bank of Africa limited.
I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my
bank with account number 14-255-2004/utb/t whose name is Cho
Yunkyoung, Korea who perished in a plane crash[Korean Air Flight 801
with the whole passengers aboard on August 6,1997.And for your
perusal you can view this web site

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Since the demise of this our customer, I have
personally watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all
has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of US$25.5M
(Twenty Five Million Five Hundred Thoudsand United States Dollars)
which has been with my branch for a very long time.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name
shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up to be the next
of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to
stay more than eight years, because money will be recalled to the bank
treasury as unclaimed after this period.

In view of this i will give you 30% of the total.
Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the
application, bank's fax number and the next step to take.I will not
fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that
you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund
transfer can be finalized within five banking days, after you apply to
the bank as a relation to the deceased. When you receive this letter.

Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision including your
private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.

Best Regards,
John Adewole

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