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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. kingsley" <kingsley_1920@latinmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:06:39 -1200
Subject: From: Mr kingsley Bayo Agu.

From: Mr kingsley Bayo Agu.

My Dear Friend,

I am Mr. kingsley Bayo Agu the Auditor of United Bank for
Africa Plc (U.B.A). I have an obscured business suggestion
for you. One of our clients/personal friend, Late Mr.
Kenneth C. Makoto unfortunately lost his life in the plane
crash on January 31st 2000,including his wife and his only
daughter.

Late Mr. Kenneth C. Makoto is a foreigner and the manager of
Granite Minning Nig, a chemical engineer by profession and
he died since the year 2000. No other person knows about
this account or anything concerning it. After further
investigation it was also discovered that Mr. Kenneth C.
Makoto's next of kin is his daughter who died with him, the
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proves
to me as well that his company does not know anything about
this account and the amount involved is (U.S.
$65,000,000.00).

I am contacting you to stand and act as the next of kin to
Mr. Kenneth C. Makoto ,At the conclusion of this business,
you will be given 30% of the total amount,while 60% will be
for me, while 10% will be for expenses, both parties might
have incurred during the process of this transaction. Let me
have your confidential Tele, Fax and mobile Numbers
confidentlal.private email: (kingsley_1920@latinmail.com)

Yours Truly,

Mr. kingsley Bayo Agu.
(HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL)

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