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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: jojmba_76@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:22:15 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?HELLO=20FRIEND?=

FROM JUSTICE OLIVER
CONTINENTAL TRUST BANK BENIN
FORIEGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
TELE: +229576430
EMAIL TO REPLY: justice75@ParsiMail.com

DEAR FRIEND

I KNOW YOU WILL BE SURPRISED TO RECEIVE THIS MASSAGE FROM
ME SINCE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME PERSONALLY.I WORK WITH THE
ABOVE NAMED BANK , AS THE FORIEGNER REMITTANCE ACCOUNTANT
IN THE BANK.I AM CONTACTING YOU IN THE RESPECT OF OUR
CUSTOMERS WHO DIE SOME YEARS BACK.

IN MY DEPARTMENT I DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED FUND DEPOSITED
BY THIS DECEASED CLIENT WHO DIED SOME YEARS BACK ,HOWEVER,
SINCE I GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH,I HAVE MADE
SEVERAL ENQUIRIES THROUGH HIS EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF HIS
EXTENDED RELATIVES, BECAUSE I AM HIS ACCOUNT OFFICER IN
THE BANK,AND THIS HAS ALSO PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL AFTER
SEVERAL ATTEMPTS.

HENCE I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU BASED ON THIS DEAL WHICH IS
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL AND I REPOSED ON YOU THAT YOU CAN BE
CAPABLE OF EXECUTING HIS TRANSACTION AND TO STAND AS THE
BENEFICIARY AS NEXT OF KIN TO CLAIM HIS FUND BEFORE IT IS
DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE SO THAT WE CAN DISBURSED THE FUND
IN THE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF 60% TO ME AND 35% TO
YOU,WHILE 5% WILL BE FOR EXPENSES INCURE DURING THE
PROCESS OF THE TRANSACTION. AFTER THE CLAIMING AND
TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

NOTE THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO LAY HANDS ON THIS
FUND THAT IS REASON THE REQUEST FOR A FOREIGNER IS NEEDED
IN THIS BUSNIESS, COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT THE
BENEFICIARY WAS A MAN FROM YOUR COUNTRY AND A BENIN MAN
CANNOT CLAIM THIS FUND AS THE BENEFICIARY NEXT OF KIN.

THEREFORE,TO ENABLE THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO
YOUR ACCOUNT,I WILL NEED YOUR FULL CONTACT ADDRESS
TELEPHONE AND FAX TO USE IT AND DO THE CHANGEING OF
BENEFICIARY NAME IN YOUR FAVOUR SO THAT I WILL SEND YOU
THE TEST OF APPLICATION WHICH YOU WILL FORWARD TO THE BANK
TO RECOGNIZE YOU AS THE BONA FIDE NEXT OF KIN TO THE
DISEASED.

BE ASSURED THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE
ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT US FROM ANY BREACH OF THE
LAW,UPON YOUR ACCEPTANCE I WILL CLARIFY YOU MORE ABOUT
THIS BUSINESS AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT INVOLVED ALSO GIVE YOU
THE CONTACT OF THE BANK FOR YOU TO SEND THE APPLICATION.

BEWARNED NOT TO REVEAL THIS TRANSACTION TO ANY OTHER THIRD
PARTY TO AVOID JEOPARDIZE THIS BUSINESS AND MY POSITION IN
THIS OFFICE,PLEASE TREAT THIS MATTER AS URGENT AS
POSSIBLE. I WILL BE EXPECTING YOUR SOONEST RESPONSE.CALL
ME ON MY DIRECT PHONE +229576430 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR
CONTACT ME THROUGH MY PERSONAIL EMAIL ADDRESS ABOVE.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR OLIVER J. OJEMBA




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