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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: Franklin Kokou <franklinkokou@yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:24:45 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Private Message.



Attn;Theo Beekhuys,

This may come to you as a surprise since we have not met before.I have made a deep and careful findings and reserach before contacting you and very sure you are related to this person.Can i please seek your consent to present you to the bank?Can i have your trust and confidence since you bear the same last names and related? You can reply positively or negatively.

I am Barrister Franklin Kokou, a legal practitioner and solicitor at law, personal attorney to late Mr. G.Beekhuys, a citizen of your country who lost his dear life on the 26th of December 2004 Tsunami natural disaster where he lost his life and whole family who were on holidays in Phuket Thailand ,He was a merchant in hygienic products via West African Coast tro Thailand as an import and export magnet.

I have made several enquiries here to locate any of my clients extended relatives. This has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to search through, with his name which motivated me to contact you, to locate any member of his family hence reason why i contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the fund valued at US$5.2 million (Five million,two hundred thousand usd dollars) left behind by my client, before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge amount were deposited.

The said Bank has issued me notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confisicated within the next twenty one official working days.

I hereby seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this transaction will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Best regards.
Barrister Franklin Kokou(Esq)











































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