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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: "Dennise Odife" <odifebanker@msn.com>
Reply-To: odifebanker@sify.com
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 13:54:51 +0000
Subject: Foreign partiner

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Dennis O. Odife the Managing Director of Societe Generale Bank I
was the accounting officer of late foreign customer of my bank, who used to
work with Nigeria Mining Corporation in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2002,
my client, his wife and their only son were involved in a car accident along
Abuja-Kaduna express road All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost
their lives.

Since the demise of this our customer,I personally has 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 twenty eight million five hundred thousand united
states dollars which has been with my branch 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 Six years,because money
will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.Iwill
give you 25% of the total.

Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the
application, bank's fax number 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 all modalities for fund transfer can be
finalizedwithin five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation
to the deceased.

When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your
decision Including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.

Respectfully submitted,

Mr. Dennis Odife

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