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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: "tony mensah" <tonymensah22@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:40:47 +0000
Subject: NAICE TO MEET YOU

Dearest: Friend,

My Name is Mr.Tony Mensah a credit officer with theone of the leading
(Security&Finance Trust House) here in Cotonou Republic Du Benin. In my
department I discovered an
abandoned funds (USD 14 M) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNERfrom Munich, Germany) who died along with his
entire
family in July 2000 in a plane
crash.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm


Since I got information about his death, I have beenexpecting his next of
kin to come over and
claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for
it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our
Security&Finance guiding and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his
supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash
leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery
that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the
money to you as the
next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent
disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to
go into the Security&Finance treasury as unclaimed bill.

The Security&Finance Trust House law and guideline here stipulates that if
such money remained unclaimed after Six years, the money will be transferred
into the Security&Finance Trust House treasury as unclaimed fund. The
request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an
Indigene cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

Your percentage will be declare to you as soon as you indicate your
interest.I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate move of this fund to
you arranged, you must apply first to the Security&Finance Trust House as
relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating.

1.Your full name and address
2.Your telephone and fax number for easy
communication.
3.Your company's name and address.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of
the application .I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction s hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear
as all required arrangements have been made for the movement of the
money. You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.

Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Tony Mensah
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