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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: oderachambers@tiscali.de
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:31:42 +0100
Subject: ATTN: PLEASE !!!

ODERA CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS.
NO 52 ZIKS AVENUE, MARYLAND-LAGOS
LAGOS STATE.

Attn: Sir,

I am Barrister Sidney Odera , a solicitor at law. personal attorney to
Late Engr. Arthur Sellers, a national of your country, who formally was
a contractor to various oil firms in Nigeria. Here-in after shall be referred
to as my client. On the 21st day of April 2001, my client, his wife and
their only daughter were involved in a car accident along
Lagos -Ibadan Expressway and All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately

lost their live.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy here to locate
any of my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, to locate any member of his
family hence I contacted you. Based on the constitutional provision which
empowers the deceased attorney to nominate next of Kin to the deceased where
records shows that there is non available. It is on this ground, that I
am contacting you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$7.3
million Left behind by my client before it gets Confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the Bank where this US$7.3 million was deposited.The said
Bank has issued me a notice to provide a legal next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next couple of some working days.As deduce to three
years now, I seek for your consent to present you as the legal "Next of
kin" to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account can be transfered
to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
sharing formular and modalities for transfer. I will assist in procuring
the necessary legal documents that may be of need to actualize this transaction

All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a classified
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Based on your notion towards this, kindly contact me immediately for further
action and commencement on this issue.

Best regards,

Barrister Sidney Odera.
Correspondence as: barr_sidney_o_sidney@yahoo.co.uk

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