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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: "MR. JOHNMAKO" <johnmako@z6.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: johnmako_100@z6.com
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 13:24:50 +0100
Subject: LIFE TIME ASSISTANT!

FROM ECOBANK,
BENIN.
Rue du Gouverneur Bayol Cotonou
Swift: ECOCBJJ
T?ex : 539 ECOBNK
PHONE# +229-989540

ATTEN:DEAR
RE:TRANSFER OF (USD 65 MILLION)

In order to transfer out (USD 65 MILLION) sixty Five
million United States Dollars) from ECOBANK BENIN.
I have the courage to ask for your assistance to
handle this important and confidential business
believing that you will never let me down either now
or in future.
I am MR john mako,the auditor of ECOBANK BENIN. There
is an account opened in this bank in 1990 and since
2000 nobody has operated on this account again.

Aftergoing through some old files in the records, I
discovered that if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner
of this account is Mr. DESTIN PAL, a foreigner, and a
miner at D & D INVESTMENT CO., a geologist! by
profession and he died since 1990.
No other personknows about this account or any thing
concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that this company
does not know anything about this account and the
amount involved is (USD 65M) sixty Five million United
States Dollars).

I want to transfer the [USD65M] sixty
Five million United States Dollars into a safe
foreigners account abroad , but I don't know any
foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner
because this money can not be approved to a local bank
here, but can only be approved to any foreign account
because the money is in us dollars and the former
owner of the account is Mr.DESTIN PAL is a foreigner
too. I know that this message will come to you as a
surprise as we don? know our selves before,but be
rest assure that this is life time business for both
of us even for our generation to come .

With believe in God that you will
never let me down in this business. You are the only
person that I have contacted in this business, so
please reply urgently so that I will inform you the
next step to take urgently. Send also your private
telephone and fax number including the full details of
the account to be used for the deposit.
I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement
to bind us together so that you can receive this money into a
foreign account or any account of your choice where
the fund will be safe. I will fly to your country for
withdrawal and sharing and other investments.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a
foreigner with foreign account and foreign
beneficiary.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine
because the management is ready to approve this payment
to any foreigner who has correct information about this account,
which I will give to you,if you are able and with capability
to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust
according to my instructions and advice for our mutual
benefit because this opportunity will never come again
in my life.
I need truthful person in this business
because I don't want to make mistake I need your
strong assurance and trust. With my position now in
the office I can transfer this money to any
foreign reliable account, which you can provide
with assurance that this money will be intact pending
my physical arrival in your country for sharing.

And iwant to remaind you that your share has been
carculated at 35% of the total sum. I'am waiting for your
urgent reply so that i will give you more information
about this transaction.reply me (johnmako_100@Z6.com)
Regards.
MR john mako.
Call me for more info. +229-989540

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