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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: judson_larry@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:19:52 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?honesty=20and=20confidentiality=20needed=20in=20this=20transfer?=

Urgent Attn: Sir.

With Due respect, I Wish this letter will not come to you as a surprise,I
am Mr.Judson Larry, Director Foreign Remittance Department (BANK OF AFRICA)
Benin, here in Cotonou Republic we had a customer from your country named
Dr.Steve R.Boo, on the 15th june 2004 he opened a fixed deposite of (usd$8.640.000.00)
eight million six hundred and fourty Thousand Dollars only with our bank,
he was aseasoned Gold and diamond dealer here in africa, who unfortuniately
died in the plane crash of union transport Moscow, Russia flight, on the
Friday, August 27, 2004.

However, I have been monitoring his account/fund since his death and from
the informations that I have Gathered, he died along with his wife who supposed
to be the next of kin, hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for
the past years now, I have removed his fill jecket to my private
vault, Now I am soliciting for your assistance to present you as the next
of kin as every other arrengment has been concluded by me and Iam only waiting
for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his account.

This transaction does not have any risk attached to it, as all secret informations
that will be required from you by the Company is with me right now over
here, I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message
and I will furnish you with details on how to proceed.

Your intrest will be negociatable before we commence the operation upon
conclusion of the transaction, I will be flying over to meet you for Disbursement
of the fund and investment in your country, further correspondence with
me should be made through my confidential E-mail
address(judson_larry@hotmail.com) also we will discuss the mode of sharing
upon your reply.

I look forward to hearing from you soon as to enable us forge ahead to achieve
this mutual benefit.

KIND REGARDS.
Mr.Judson Larry.
Director Foreign RemittanceDepartment.
Bank Of Africa Benin Republic.




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