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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: "FATI ZONGO" <fati_zongo002@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:40:36 +0100
Subject: STRICTLY PERSONAL

STRICTLY PERSONAL,

I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody you have not known
before. I decided to do this after praying over the situation.You should
please consider the transaction on its content and not the fact that you
have not known me before.I need not dwell on how I came by your contact
information because there are many such possibilities these days.
I would like to introduce myself as Mrs. FATI ZONGO, of Repulic of
Benin,widow to Late CHIEF;JULIUS .O .ZONGO (for Consular of the benin I
have recently been daigonosed of Cancer of the Pelvics. I am writing from my
sick bed.There is this US22.5Million my husband has in an account with the
African Development Bank, Benin of which I am the next of kin. With my
health condition and because my husband and I have no children,
I am looking for a credible person to whom I will pass the right of next of
kin.
This person will apply to the bank and request for the transfer of the fund
to his/her bank account.This is on the condition that you will take 20% of
the fund for yourself, while you will use the remaining 75% for the less
previleged people in the society.
This is in fulfilment of the last request of my husband: that a substantial
part of the fund be used to carter for the less previleged. If this
condition is acceptable to you, you should contact me immediately with your
full names and contact information so that I will ask our family lawyer to
prepare the authorization that will give you the right of next of kin to
the account in the bank. I will also give you a text of the application you
are to send to the bank.
I cannot predict what will be my fate by the time the fund will be
transfered into your account, but you should please ensure that the fund is
used as i have described above.
I look forward to your response.
Yours,
Mrs.FATI
NOTE: THE DEED OF LODGEMENT WILL BE SENT TO YOU UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR
RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL MESSAGE .

FATI
Alternative Email:zongfat_1971@yahoo.com.br

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