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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: "benson bundu" <benbundu2@bunduworld.net>
Reply-To: benbundu2@tsamail.co.za
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:59:30 +0000
Subject: PROPOSAL FOR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

PROPOSAL FOR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.



Dear Friend,



With all sincerity my name is Mr. Benson Bundu, a practicing financial
Services consultant representing the late Mr. Christopher Koto, my late
client who died Recently during the Tsumani flood disaster in Asia, leaving
some estate funds amounting (5.5 million US Dollar) Five Million, Five
Hundred Thousand Us Dollars deposited with a finance and self-deposit firm
here in Spain.

Since he died, I have received from his Finance house, an order of MANDAMUS,
Mandating me to locate any of his relatives/confidant for purpose of
preparing them to receive the deposited sum.However, the fund may be donated
to trust fund if there is no response to this mandamus within the period the
Finance house permitted the search. I am currently in Madrid and I decide to
seek your collaboration in confidence.

To permit me present you to the Finance house as the beneficiary/next of kin
to the deceased. There is evidence to back up our claims on presenting you
as the only rightful beneficiary to the fund/money.All I require is your
cooperation to work it out. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the
law. Please reach me with your personal details. I will be sending you the
transaction details immediately.

I repeat I have covered every legal side of the transaction. Respond most
urgent. I anticipate your urgent response to enable us meet the required
date.

Please reply through E-mail.

Best Regards

Benson Bundu ESQ.
Senoir Partner

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