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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Bobby Okoh" <drbobbyokoh@msn.com>
Reply-To: peterbokoh@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:31:27 +0000
Subject: Greetings From Mr PETER .

Dear Friend,
Compliments of the season. It is indeed my pleasure to write to you this
letter, wish I believe will be a suprise,as we are both complete
strangers.My Name is Dr.Peter bobby Okoh, a citizen of benin, I work in Iraq
as a Medical Doctor with the JIMMYSTEN State Government Specialist
Hospital. I had a case of a man who had an accident and was rushed to the
Hospital by some good Samaritans. I led a team of doctors to operate on
him, but unfortunately we lost him.

Upon searching his briefcase to enable me issue a certificate of death and
referral to the appropriate authority seeing that he was an alien, I
discovered that he is a citizen of America on a business in Iraq for so many
years.Further search revealed documents with which he deposited the sum of
US$15 Million Dollars with a Diplomatic Courier Company in Europe and
evidence of the transaction (a picture of the money).

I have not been able to trace any member of his family, and no thanks to the
fact that he was single. So you would readily appreciate that his status has
made it difficult for me to get any of his relatives. With my position
as a senior medical doctor in the hospital and the fact that I am the only
one preview of this information, the money is for me to claim if I could act
as a next of kin. Unfortunately, my citizenship of Benin and the role I have
so far played would not permit me to do this.

In the light of this, I here by formally solicit your assistance to act as
the next of kin in the collection of this fund abroad. I shall provide you
with the necessary documents if you accede to my roposition and the
following sharing ratio:

· 20% of the sum???Yours
· 10% of the sum???Orphanage
· 5% of the sum???.Settlement of expenses incurred on both sides
· 65% of the sum???Mine

If you are interested in this deal, please waste no time in contacting
me.And do not forget that utmost confidentiality should be maintained,

Best Regards,
Dr.Peter Bobby Okoh

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