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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: "kenneth okoh" <kennethokoh@lawyerway.net>
Reply-To: bar_kennethokoh@excite.com
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:39:28 +0000
Subject: Mutual Relationship/Please Get Back To Me.

From:Barr.Kenneth Okoh.
E-mail:bar_kennethokoh@excite.com


I am Barrister.Kenneth Okoh, a personal lawyer to Mr. Herve Garboudes
who operate an account with a finance company who perished in a plane crash
swissair Flight 111] with his wife and two children and the whole
passengers aboard on september 2nd 1998. See link below for more details.

http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/08/swissair.02/
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/05/swissair.transcripts/

Since the demise of this my client, 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 deposit of US$30m, [THIRTY MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS]which has been with (ECO BANK PLC) 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 eight years,because
money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal after
realizing that you might stand as next of kin to the deceased.

And with respect to your personality, I will give you 40% of the total
sum while 60% will be mine. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send
you email on the next step we shall follow for us to actualize the transfer
of the funds to you for our mutual benefit.

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 finalized within 10 banking days.

When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail through
bar_kennethokoh@excite.com signifying your Decision. You can contact
me on my private Telephone numbers +234-805-540-8623 for quick
communication
and adequate briefing.

Respectfully,
Barr.Kenneth Okoh.



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