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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "MrDenis Kusa" <den_kusa@msn.com>
Reply-To: denis_kusa@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:38:24 +0000
Subject: Personal Contact.

From: Mr.Denis Kusa.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Humble greetings to you. With due respect, I am Mr.Denis Kusa, An accountant
Ecobank here in Lome-Togo.And a very good friend of our bank Late Mr Shraga
Bar Nissan ,who died on the 31st of January 2000 with his family in plane
crash.

Meanwhile,I secretly knew concerning his deposit fund under the care of our
bank (US$ 28.520m(twenty eight million five hundred and twenty thousand
dollars)deposited under our bank vault. My Dear,since death clear out him
and his family,I decided to seek for a very reliable trustworthy person,to
stand as his bonafide next of kin,since there is none of his relative
applying for the claim.

Meanwhile,if such deposit happen's to stay longer it will be confiscated by
the government as unclaim deposit. Upon this discovery, I have agreed to
make business with you and release the box into your care as the heir of the
box,since no one came for it or discovered he deposited such thing with our
Firm. I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus 40% for
you as foreign partner, 60% for me.

Happily,confirm your interest toward's my mutual request with you through my
private email address (deniskusa3@walla.com) before I will let you know the
procedures of inheriting this fund into your account as soon as you indicate
your humble willingness.

With Regard's,

Mr.Denis Kusa.
Please reply me directly to:(deniskusa3@walla.com)

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