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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: "Jubril" <478386b@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: jbaruwabenin@walla.com
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 22:20:09 +0200
Subject: From Jubril

FROM THE DESK
MR JUBRIL BARUWA
REPUBLIC OF BENIN, COTONOU, W.A
TEL: ..............OO229 478386
PRIVATE EMAIL: jbaruwabenin@walla.com

MY NAME IS JUBRIL BARUWA, THE ACCOUNT AUDITOR CREDIT AND
FOREIGN BILLS OF ECOBANK BENIN .I AM WRITING IN
RESPECT OF A SEASON CONTRACTOR FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK WITH ACCOUNT
NUMBER 14-255-2004/utb/t WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH OF
UNION TRANSPORT AFRICANISE FLIGHT BOEING 727 IN COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC,
IN DECEMBER 2003 WITH OTHER PASSENGERS ABOARD.

SIR, SINCE THE DEATH OF THIS CUSTOMER I PERSONALLY
HAVE 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 USD15.5 M, [FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS]WHICH HAS BEEN WITH
MY BANK 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 FOUR YEARS, BECUASE AFTER FOUR YEARS
THE ACCOUNT WILL BE DECLARED DORMANT AND THE MONEY
FORFEITED TO THE BANK.

IN VIEW OF THIS, I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU TO ACT AS
THE NEXT OF KIN. THE REQUEST OF A FOREIGNER AS NEXT OF
KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT
THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER. I AGREED THAT 30% OF
THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER IN
RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT, WHILE THE REST WILL
BE FOR ME.

THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR
DISBURSEMENT. THEREFORE TO FACILITATE THE IMMEDIATE
TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT AS ARRANGED, YOU
MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS A RELATION TO THE
DECEASED INDICATING YOUR BANK NAME, YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT NUMBER, YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND FAX
NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE THE
MONEY WILL BE REMITTED. UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR
REPLY, I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL THE
APPLICATION 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 THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE FOR

THE TRANSFER. If my submission is worth giving a trial by your person,
kindly
email your following Information to me, Reply me through this my
confidential
email address for private reasons ( jbaruwabenin@walla.com)

TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
YOURS RESPECTFULLY,
JUBRIL BARUWA.
PLEASE YOU READ MORE OF THE STORY BY VISITING THIS WEB SITE.
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/ or
http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/11653_Aircrash.html


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