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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: "Cosmas Dikke" <cosmasdikke@msn.com>
Reply-To: cosmas1968021@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 13:28:27 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU ASSIST ME?

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Cosmas Oludikke, The Director of Capital International Bank/Assets
management company limited. For more than 15 years now, We receive and
attend to foreign dignatories,top government functionaries and senior
military officers on fund management to invest in a unique blend of
profitable business venture. These are men who has made a lot of fortunes by
virtue of there command and positions. We also search out for a compentent,
reliable and honest foreign partner to handle this fortunes by way of profit
oriented investment on a percentage sharing between him and the potential
investor.

This funds (worth 14.5million dollars) are deposited as reserve for foreign
investment, some of their foreign partners are claiming while some are still
lying unclaimed. Since inception of the year 2000,the company management
changed procedures of fund claiming, we also discovered some abondoned fund
lying unclaimed for 8 years as a result of the death of the depositors.
Nobody will ever come because the certificate of deposit are never available
to any body except the depositor or me. I have through the instrumentality
of Capital/Assets Management re-deposited all these unclaimed and overstayed
funds into the vault of our corresponding compay in Europe.

I contacted you to assist to claim this funds as I have finalised
arrangement for you to claim this funds containg $14.5million dollars
belonging to Eng. David Kordoonizadeh (deceased) an American citizen. By
virtue of your nationality, you are legally qualified to put claim as your
Next OF kIN. All information and documents to facilitates this claim will be
giving to you such as his Death certificate, Investment Deposit, Police
Report. I want this documents to be properly kept under your custody as they
are the major ingredients to establish your claim.

I will want you to send to me on your return email the following
information.

1, Your full Name,
2, Your contact Address
3, Your private phone, Mobile and fax numbers for easy communication.

Upon your positive respond I shall give you confidential phone number with
which we can discuss the execution of this business.


Regards.

Mr. Cosmas Oludokke.



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