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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: "Kennedy John" <kennedyjohn2000@msn.com>
Reply-To: kjohn60@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 02:15:40 +0000
Subject: HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND!!

Dear friend.

With due respect to you, I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary
to you moral ethics.But please treat with absolute secrecy and personal. Iam
an employee of a commercial bank here in Nigeria and an Account Officer to a
deceased customer of the Bank (Arthur) we lost this customer and his family
in a
plane crash in cotonou,Benin last year Dec 26,2003 and his account of
US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million U.S
Dollars) with us has been dormant and unclaimed due to unavailability of a
next of kin/relatives to claim his estate.

You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this
website:Www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
In accordance with the laws governing inherintance here in Nigeria, the
Board Of Directors of the Bank met a forth night ago and resolved to turn
the estate of the deceased over to the Government having waited for too
long without the deceased
relatives/next of kin surfacing and if this is done,invariably the funds
will end up to become Government property and it is as a result of this that
I am moved to contact you as a friend.

In view of this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding to
stand as the deceased next of kin to enable us claim the inheritance before
the time period given by the Bank elapse.If you are interested and in
agreement with me, please write back immediately through the alternative
email address provided below. Be rest assured that it is a risk free project
and the proceedings will be shared 50% each once the funds are repatriated
into your account either in the United States or elsewhere.

Also note that as soon as you show your interest,please alsways check your
email, for further important guide and directives to ensure a successful
transaction which will be beneficiary to you as much as I would.Please also
send your Telephone number,so that you can be contacted too. Looking forward
to your very prompt response.

Regards,
MR KENNEDY JOHN.

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