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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, Charles Okechukwu" <charlesokechukwu20@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: charlesokechukw20@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 04:28:19 +0100
Subject: FROM: MR CHARLES OKECHUKWU

Mr, Charles Okechukwu.
The Branch Manager.
NUB International Bank Ltd.
Plot 554, Adetokunbo Crescent
Wuse II, Abuja.

Attn: Dear Friend,

STRICTLY AND PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

I know this mail will come to you as a surprise since we do not know each other before-now. well I got your e-mail through your country's profile on the internet. And i humbly seek your help in this regard

Friend,This is an account opened in this bank in 1985 and since 2000 nobody has operated this account again After going through some old files in bank the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing . The owner of this account was a foreigner,an engineer by profession and he died since 2000. No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this bank does not know anything about this account ! and the amount involved is (US$6.M) SIX MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS.

I am contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot 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 was a foreigner too. I know that this massage will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, We will sign an agreement, but be sured that it is real and a genuine business.it is 100% risk free. And mind you,it's confidentail.

Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total amount while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring this fund. I look forwrad to hearing from you soonest via this email. You can as well forward your direct telephone number for easier communication.

Hopefully yours,

Mr, Charles Okechukwu

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