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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: johnson onu <johnson_onu2005@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 09:17:11 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Urgent Reply


FROM BARRISTER JOHNSON P.ONU
JOHNSON CHEMBERS,
RUE DU BLOUVARD
LOME-TOGO WEST AFRICA.

Dear Friend,

I am contacting you for the claim of my late client fund that was deposited with the union togolaise bank.I must solicit your confidence in this claim,this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top Secret.

Though I know that contact of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that all will be well since i know everything about my late client fund. I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this matter.Let me start by introducing myself properly to you.

I am BARRISTER JOHNSON P. ONU, the Personal Attorney to late Engr.J.A.Hawkin an oil Merchant with the Federal Government of lome-togo,until his death some years ago in Kenya Air Bus (A310-300)Flight KQ430,Banked with UNION BANK PLC,lome-togo and had a closing balance as at the end of September, 2001 worth US$8,000,000.00( eight Million United States Dollars).The bank now expects the Next of Kin to come forward as Beneficiary.

Efforts have been made by the Union togolaise Bank of lome-togo to get in touch with any of the Deceased Family or Relatives,but they have met with no success.As the deceased being a foreigner,that was why i decided to contact you so that you can put claim on this.

Now the management under the influence of the bank Chairman and Members of the Board of directors,that arrangement has been made for the fund to be declared Unclaimed In order to avert this negative development, it is my duty to contact you since your name was listed as the next of kin to his properties.

All documents and proof to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out by me for this claim.I have secured from the probate an order of Mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries,and more so i am assuring you that this claim is 100% risk free.
Now it is left for you deceide on what you will give as my percentage for assisting you in this claim. I hope to hear from you soon immediately you receive this mail.

Yours Sincerely,
BARRISTER JOHNSON P.ONU.






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