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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: "DR SANNI YAKUBU" <drsanniyakubu@a-d-b.org>
Reply-To: drsanni_yakubu@sify.com
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:51:43 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

(A.D.B) AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OF NIGERIA.
DESK OF :DR.SANNI YAKUBU ( CONTACT EMAIL:drsanniyakubu@a-d-b.org)
Lagos-Nigeria.
RC.27199


Attn:President/C.E.O

Dear Sir,

STRICTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I am DR.SANNI YAKUKBU, The manager, Bills and Exchange at the Foreign
Remittance Department of the A.D.B Bank of Nigeria Plc. I am writing this
letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this business
opportunity in my department. We discovered anabandoned sum of $15,000,000M
USDOLLARS (15 million United States Dollars only) in an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family of a
wife and two children in November 2001 in a Plane crash.


Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come
over and put claims for his money as the heir, because we cannot release the
fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to
the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately, neither
their family member nor distant relative has everappeared to claim the said
fund. Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department have
agreed to make business with you and release the total amount into your
account as the heir of the fund since no one came for it or discovered he
maintained account with our bank, otherwise the fund will be returned to the
banks treasury as unclaimed fund.

We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus;

20 % for you as foreign partner,
75 % for us the officials in my department and
5 % for the settlement of all local and foreign
expences incurred by us and you during the course of this business.

Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleagues
will come to your country and mind our share. It is from our 75 % we intend
to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a way of recycling the
fund. To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate
your interest by a return e-mail (drsanniyakubu@a-d-b.org) and enclose your
private contact telephone number, fax number full name and address and your
designated bank coordinates to enable us file letter of claim to the
appropriate departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be
made.

Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of
its nature.

I look forward to receiving your prompt response.

DR.SANNI YAKUBU.
(A.D.B) AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OF NIGERIA.
CONTACT EMAIL:drsanniyakubu@a-d-b.org

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