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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: "Rymer G. John" <rymergjohn@petroleumngr.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:23:13 +0000
Subject: URGENT & VERY CONFIDENTIAL

UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
UBN HOUSE APAPA
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
FROM THE DESK OF:DR. RYMER G JOHN (JP)HOD ACCOUNTS

ATTN: Sir,

ASSISTANCE IN RE-PROFITTING.

My name is RYMER G JOHN, Head of Accounts Dept. In Union Bank of Nig
Plc.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 when the Chief Executive of Lagos State
chamber of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a confidential
business.

I decided to contact you after a careful thought that you may be capable of
handling this business transaction which i explained below.
There was this Engineer, Engr. Kelvin , an oil merchant/contractor with
the Federal Govt. of Nigeria who died in a ghastly motor accident three
years ago at the Ibadan Express way with both his wife and two
children.This man before his death was having a closing balance of
$75.5M(Seventy Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)with
our bank,UBN Plc with Account NO: 01018370784 & Deposit code No:XXC2ZUBA1C

All effort to get in touch with his next of kin proved abortive. To
avoid this money be sent to the Bank treasury unclaimed, my colleagues andI
have decided to seek your cooperation to have you stand as his next of kin
so that the said fund (US$75.5M)would be released and paid into your account
overseas as the next of kin. All documents and proof that will enable you
claim this fund without stress will be forwarded to you.More so,I want to
inform you that we have unanimously agreed to offer you 20% of the sum for
the assistance and role you are going to play in this transaction, 5% have
also been arranged to take care of any eventual expenses eg. Telephone
bills.

If this interest you, and assure us that you will not take undue
advantage of the trust we hope to bestow on you, please kindly reach me
through my private email address: rymergjohn@petroleumngr.org

Regards,

DR. RYMER G JOHN (JP)

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