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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: "azeez odeku" <odeku_45@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:42:40 +0000
Subject: Good Day

Dear Friend,

My name is Dr.AZEEZ ODEKU the manager, credit and foreign bills department
African Development Bank plc. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer
of my bank with account number 14-255-2004/adb/t who perished in a plan
crash [Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers aboard on August6,
1997. Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with
keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one
has come to claim his funds of [Thirteen Million five hundred thousand
United States dollars] which has been with my branch for a very long time.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next
of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics
here does not allow such money to stay In view of this I got your contact
through a trade journal after realizing that your name and country is
similar to the deceased. I will give you 30% of the total. Upon the receipt
of your response, I will send you by e-mail the application and the next
step to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is
hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities
forfund transfer can be finalized with in five banking days, after you apply
to the bank as relation to the deceased.

When you receive this letter. Kindly send me e-mail to my private
e-mailaddress: azeezodeku01@gawab.com signifying your decision including
your private Tel/Fax numbers for quickcommunication about this transaction.

Respectfully submitted,

Regards,

Dr.AZEEZ ODEKU.

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