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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: philip mensah <barrimensah@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 11:07:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO/Corine Bulthuis,


FROM BARRISTER PHILIP MENSAHS
(CHAMBER)
HOUSE 3, FLAT 12. RUE DE GAGLI.
LOME-TOGO
WEST AFRICA.


Attention:Corine Bulthuis,

I am BARRISTER PHILIP MENSAH the personnal Attorney to your late uncle Engr.J.C Bulthuis,an oil Merchant who died some years ago in a fatal accident.He had a closing balance account as at the end of September,2002 worth S$24,750,000.00(twenty four million seven hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars).The bank now expects the Next of Kin to come forward as beneficiary.
Now i am contacting you for the claim of this your late uncle fund that was deposited with the bank.I am soliciting for your confidence in this matter,this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top Secret.Though I know that a contact of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that all will be well since i know everything about your late uncle fund.
I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this matter..
Efforts have been made by the Bank to get in touch with any of the Deceased Family or Relatives,but they have met with no success.As the deceased being a foreigner,that was why i decided to contact you so that you can put claim on this.

Now the management under the influence of the bank Chairman and Members of the Board of directors,has made arrangement for the fund to be declared Unclaimed
so that they can share the money amongst themself.
In order to avert this negative development,it is my duty to contact you since your name was amongst listed in his personnal files that was with me,now you are to
stand as the next of kin to his properties.
All documents and proof to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out by me for this claim.I have secured from the probate an order of Mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries,and more so i am assuring you that this claim is 100%risk free.Now it is left for you deceide on what you will give as my percentage for assisting you in this claim.

I hope to hear from you soonest at (philmensah_esq@yahoo.com)

Yours Sincerely,

BARRISTER PHILIP MENSAH.

NB:Please on no occassion should you discuss this transaction with any person or group of persons all information should be kept as confidential matter to secure this fund,you should know that the success of a man lies in his tongue (advice).





































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