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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: "Francois Adams" <francois_adams@msn.com>
Reply-To: francoiseadams@katamail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:26:14 +0000
Subject: HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FRANCOISE ADAMS & CO. LAW FIRM,
Sat. 19th. Nov. 2005
RUE 148 ZONE DES AMBASSADE
COTONOU-BENIN
Fax:00229 21 32 37 46
PHONE NO:+229 93 74 66 95
EMAIL:francoiseadams@katamail.com

Hello,
I tried to send you this message before that your e-mail address came up in
a random draw conducted by our law firm, Francoise Adams and co. {law firm}
Cotonou in Rep.du Benin.

My name is Francoise Adams, the legal adviser in charge of the Benin
Republic branch of late Mrs. Stella Obasanjo's Child Care Trust (CCT). a
private none profit, none governmental organisation form to bring succour to
the under privileged and challenged children in Africa.

Mrs Stella Obasanjo a well known Philanthropist, in zeal to traverse Other
part of the world with her good will, before she travelled to Spain for the
major surgery which lead to her death, she made an agreement with my chamber
stating that $6.2M (six million and two hundred thousand U.S. dollars only)
out of the total liquid capital base of the CCT. Foundation which amount to
$46.2m usd. Should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice outside
the shores of Africa

We have made a random draw from emails extracted from the net and your
e-mail address was picked as the Beneficiary to this Will.

I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank, as they
are aware of this agreement and they have issued a notice to this Effect.

It is my utmost desires to execute the Will of our late client. You are
required to contact me immediately to start the process of sending this
Money to any of your designated official account.

I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in Mind
that the Bank has given us a date limit. Contact me on my private Email
address francoiseadams@katamail.com, you can as well call me on my direct
line, +229 93746695 as soon as you have sent the mail for further
discussion.

FRANCOIS ADAMS
(PRINCIPAL PARTNER)

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