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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: "Timi Phillips" <timi@phillipszone.net>
Reply-To: timi_phillips1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:59:08 +0000
Subject: Mail from Timi Phillips.

From Timi Phillips.

Good day and Compliments,

I am sending you this mail in confidence believing that if it is the wish of
God for you to help me, God almighty will bless and reward you abundantly.I
am a manager with ORIENT BANK PLC. My name is Mr Timi Phillips. I am the
Accounts officer to Engr.Barry Baldwin a National of your country, who is a
contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS, who Here-in-after shall be referred to, as my client.

On January 30, 2000, my client (Engr. Barry Baldwin), his wife, and their
three children were involved in the Kenya airways flight with registration
number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to destination Lagos and the
family all died in a fatal air crash on that January 30, 2000. Since then I
have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients’
extended Relatives. This has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family. This is why I
contacted you.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the Bank where these huge deposits were lodged.Particularly
the ORIENT BANK PLC, where the deceased had an account Valued at about
($10.8 million U.S Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the Next of
Kin to my client, or have the account confiscated within the next ten
official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over the years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased
(believing you would be competent to handle it) so that the proceeds of this
account valued at ($10.8 million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you
and me can share the money, 45% to me and 45% to you and 5% for any charity
organization in your country. While 5% for unforeseen bottlenecks we might
incur in this transaction. An attorney will be contracted to help us
revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the law. And I
need to assure you that this transaction is 100% risks free and very legal.

Best regards,
Mr. Timi Phillips.
Orient Bank Plc.

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