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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: "benjohnson" <bebson55@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: benjohnson4004@yahoo.co.nz
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:29:40 +0100
Subject: TRUST ARRANGEMEMT

Dear Sir/Madam, I am Mr BEN JOHNSON a Ghanian working as an auditor with one of the international bank here in Ghana,I came to know your contact through internet. As An Auditor,Two years ago one of our customer by name ROBERT JAMES a Canadian died in his home in canada,i was very closed to him because i was the one managing his account,ROBERT deposited in our bank eleven million USD(11 MILLION USD) in a coded account,he was a Diamond Dealer,I have all the details. Now the Next of Kin of this type of account is not by name but by code numbers,james was required to give the 15 digit code number to his next of kin so that if he dies,his next of kin will present the code to our bank for claims. Two years now after his dead no one has come forward for claims and the bank Management has concluded plans to share the fund within the Management Cadre of the bank,the money has now been transfered into Suspense Account,awaiting the sharing. I will li!
ke to present to you all the details of the account and all the answers to the question you will be asked by the bank to confirm that you are the next of Kin to Late james,I am very sure that we can claim this fund within ten days if you act as guided,i am ready to offer you 40% of the fund while i will take the rest as soon as we succeed.Your Physical presence in Ghana may not be needed,every transaction will be by Transfer,this make the business risk free. WHAT YOU MUST DO: 1)I will give you the Telephone number of my bank so that you can call the Operation Manager . 2)Tell him that you are LATE ROBERT JAMES Next of Kin for the amount of USD11 Million,That you will like the bank to arrange and transfer the said fund to your account in Overseas. The bank will demand for the 15digit code numbers then you will inform the bank that you have the numbers. 3)The bank management will also demand that you present the deposit Certificate which the bank i!
ssued to MR JAMES,You will also tell them that you have the certific
ate,After this then you get back to me for the information. By God grace we shall succeed and i hope you will not betray me when the fund is paid to you. Send to me your private Telephone numbers to enable me have a word with you. Kind regards, BEN JOHNSON.

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