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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. Edwards Wright" <edwardswright@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: edwardswrght@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:56:49 +0000
Subject: Request For Foreign Partner

Request For Foreign Partner

FROM THE PRIVATE DESK OF:
DR. EDWARDS WRIGHT
First Bank of Nigeria PLC.
Lagos-Nigeria.

STRICTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL

DEAR SIR,

I AM DR. EDWARDS WRIGHT, THE MANAGER BILLS AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE FIRST 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 AN ABANDONED SUM OF US$30,000,000.00 (THIRTY MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS) IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF FOREIGN CUSTOMERS WHO
DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY OF A WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN IN NOVEMBER
1997 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, 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 EVER APPEARED 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 AN ACCOUNT
WITH OUR BANK, OTHERWISE THE FUND WILL BE RETURNED TO THE BANK'S 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 EXPENSES 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 EMAIL AND ENCLOSE YOUR PRIVATE CONTACT TELEPHONE, FAX,
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER AND BANK CO-ORDINATES TO ENABLE US FILE LETTER OF CLAIM
TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT 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.

REGARDS,

DR. EDWARDS WRIGHT
Bills and Exchange Foreign Remittance Dept.
First Bank of Nigeria PLC.

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