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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: "MOHAMMED ZARKI" <mohammedzarki4@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 10:11:59 +0000
Subject: I need Your Full Co-operation / Assistance

Zarki Chambers
74 rue du blvd
Lome Togo Republic.
Telephone: + 228-9-99 53 70.

Dear Friend,

I apoologise as this may come to you by suprise, 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 Mohammed Zarki of 74 rue du blvd lome Togo Republic, the
Personal Attorney to late Engr, an oil Merchant with the Federal Government
of lome-togo, until his death some years ago on Plane Crash ,He Banked with
UNION BANK PLC,lome-togo and had a closing balance as at the end of
September, 2004 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.

I hope to hear from you soonest

Yours Sincerely,
Barrister Mohammed Zarki.

Telephone: + 228-9-99 53 70.

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