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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: "Mr NEWTON GARARDA" <newton.gwarada@ourwest.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: newton_gwarada@steam.to
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 10:22:07 +0400
Subject: Urgent Reply

FROM Mr Newton Gwarada
B.I.C.I. BANK
Head Audit and Accounting Department
email:newton_gwarada@steam.to
Cotonou, Benin Republic.

My Dear Friend,
This letter might come to you as a suprise but it is with deep sence of

commitment, faith and trust that I make this absolute confidential risk

free business proposal to you for your assistance/partnership.
I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner disturbe your privacy .I am
MrAndre HOUSSOU the head of the Audit and Accounting Department of
Continental
Bank in Cotounu Benin Republic. Recently, I and my colleague discovered

a domant account with a huge amount of money valued USD22.000, 000.00.
(Twenty two million dollars) that belongs to one of our numerous customers who
died in a ghastly motor accident in Cotounu on 5th OF May 2003.
During the period of our investigation after we discovered This Fund We

come across that the deceased left no will and nobody behind to come for the

claim as his Next or beneficiary.
Since then several inquiries to locate any of our customers extended
relatives have proved unsuccessful,

hence I decided to contact you
since the banking law here stipulates that if such money remain unclaimed for
four years, it will be forfeited to the government treasury as an unclaimed
fund which will be expended on acquiring dangerous weaponse for the support
of their selfish political interest and promoting wars and ethnic crises
in Africa.

I and my second who discovered this fund in this department
have decided to contact you to collaborate with us to pull out this domant
fund from this bank as the business partner or Next of kin of our late
customers for the claim of the fund.

I want to also bring to your notice that as the Head Audit and Account
department of this bank if this fund is not pulled out at the
expiration of this quarter the government will lay their hands on the fund. So
urgently get back to me to enable me send to you the procedure of claiming this
fund.I have in my possetion all the necessary information of the deceased
that will help us successfully accomplish this transaction.

You shall be offered 30% for your assistance, while 5% shall be set
aside for any expenses that we might incure during the transaction and the rest
shall be for me and my colleaque. urther response shall be giving to you as soon as I receive your
positive
Reply.

Anticipating your urgent reply.
Regards,
Mr NEWTON GARARDA.
email: newton_gwarada@steam.to

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