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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: "odile morgan" <morgansoffice@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:14:51 +0000
Subject: how are you today?

My name is MORGAN ODILE, the manager in charge of Auditing
section of BANK OF AFRICA Cotonou in West Africa.

With due respect and regard,I decided to contact you on this business
that will be beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.
I perused over your profile from the internet today and your last name
marched with that of our late customer and thus this contact.

During our investigation and auditing in this Bank,my department
came across a huge sum of money belonging to a deceased client who
died in November 2001 in a plane crash and the fund has been dormant
within this Bank without any claim of the fund,either from his family
or relations.

The amount involve is US$4.33m, As it may interest you,
your surname name marched with his last name and i decided
you should be contacted to purport as the next of kin to our late
customer.

We have perfected every technical and logistic backup to ensure a
hitch free claim, this will take place under a carefully arranged
legal framework that will protect you from any breach of the law. All
other directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon
as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist us in putting
claims to this fund.


On successful completion of this deal, you will be entitled to 40%
of the total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take
care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer, while 55%
will be for me and my partners. Please, kindly keep this deal
confidential as we are still in service and intend to retire at the end
of this deal.

All other necessary information will be sent to you upon
receiving your reply to this proposal.
I am looking forward to working with you.

Best Regards,

MORGAN ODILE.

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