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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: "Don Chuks" <dc_ss8@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: dc_ss8@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:31:28 +0100
Subject: From:United Bank for Africa(UBA)Plc.

From:United Bank for Africa(UBA)Plc.
No 78 Iju Road,
Lagos Nigeria,
Branch Manager.

Attn:President/Director


I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business
proposal, though I don't know you neither have I seen you before but my
confidence was reposed on you with the good Faith i had in GOD. I am a Staff
of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Ilupeju branch, Lagos Nigeria. The
intended business is thus; We had a customer, a Foreigner, Resident in Nigeria,Named
Late Mr.John Mike of England, he was a Contractor with one of the Government
Parastatals. He has in his Account in our branch the sum of US 15.5Million
(fifteen million five hundred thousand united states dollars only). Unfortunately,
the man died three years ago until today non-of his next of kin has come
forward to claim the money.


Having noticed this, I in collaboration with two other top Officials of
the bank have covered up the account all this while. Now we want you (being
a foreigner) to be fronted as one of his next of kin and forward your account
and other relevant documents to be advised to you by us to attest to the
Claim. We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back
up the claims. The whole procedures will last only five working days to
get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even now or in future.
Your response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all necessary
things. As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to me indicating
your interest, then I will furnish you with the whole procedures to ensure
that the deal is successfully concluded.


For your assistance we have agreed to give you twenty five percent (25%)
of the Total sum at the end of the transaction while 65% would be for my
colleagues and I and the remaining 10% would be for any form of expenses
that may be incurred during the course of the transaction which would be
given to us when the money is transferred into your account before splitting
the balance on the agreed percentage of 65% to 25%. In order to get all
the legal documents from the court, kindly send the following information
to us immediately. Your full name, telephone, mobile and fax numbers as
well as your resident or company address.

I await your earliest response.

Thanks,
Y
ours Sincerely,

Mr.Don Chuks.

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