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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: Benjamin KOKUVI <benkokuvi@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 10:30:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Reply Urgent To: Michael Vella


Dear Michael Vella ,

I am Barrister BENJAMIN KOKUVI ,an Attorney at law, and the Personal lawyer to Engineer S.A. Vella ,who used to work with Shell International of Togo,Hereinafter shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April,2001,my client,his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident along Karra-Sokode expressway while arriving from a Holiday to Lome.All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then,I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful.I am contacting you to assist in claiming the sum of US$13.500 million in a coded cash, which the deceased deposited with a Security Company in oversea,for safekeeping. The Security Company in oversea has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin of my late client or have the deposit with them declared an Abandoned Property through the laid down legal procedures within one Month.Since I have been unsuccessful in l!
ocating
the relatives for over one year now,I therefore,seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceed of this deposit valued at US$13.500 million can be released to you, and I and you can share the money at an agreed proportion.

You will be required to open a non-residence Bank account in oversea where you will pay in the money when it is released to you by the Security Company. Upon your acceptance to this proposal,the information of the Security Company will be furnished to you so that you establish a contact with them and inform them of your readiness to come and claim the deposit with them. Every secret information relating to the deposit will be given to you which you shall use to identify yourself as the next of kin of my late client.

I Wait for your quick reply due to the urgency needed in this matter. My regards to you and your family.

Barrister BENJAMIN KOKUVI.



























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