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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: "kelvin ani" <kelvinani_2004@excite.it>
Reply-To: kelvin_ani2004@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:09:02 +0100
Subject: IMPORTANT MESSAGE READ AND GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY


FROM THE DESK OF MR KELVIN ANI
ATTN:
RE: TRANSFER OF ($48.700,000.00USD) FORTY EIGHT POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
I want to transfer to overseas $48.700,000.00USD forty eight pointseven
million United States Dollars from UBA PLC,Ogui branch in nigeria, I am
seeking for a reliable and honest person who will becapable and fit to
provide either an existing bank account or set up anew Bank account immediately
to receive this fund, even an empty account can serve this purpose,or you
help to seek an honest and reliable businessman who can assist us. I am
MR KELVIN ANI, an accountant and bankmanager, during the course of our
auditing I discovered a floating fund in adomiciliary account opened in
the bank in 1990 and since 1993nobody has operated on this account, after
going through some old files inthe records I discovered that the owner of
the account who is a foreigner died without any traceable next of kin hence
the dormant nature of the account and if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be re-channeled into the bank's reserve. I suggest we
start the first transfer with twenty million Dollars [$20,000.000] and upon
the successful transfer of the first $20million without hitches or disappointment
from you, I shall re-apply for the remittance of the balance of the fund
to your nominated account. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because
this money cannot be approved for a local account here and I am not supposed
to be in possession of such amount of dollars, but the fund can only be
approved to any foreigner or into a foreign account. I suggest we meet face
to face to get acquainted, as the fund in question is alarge one before
we commence with transfer. I need your full co-operation to make this work
fine, as I will use my office to see that the transaction is hitch free
and I will destroy all documents relating the transaction once we conclude
the transaction. On the conclusion of this business, ! you will be given
15% of the total amount, 80% will be for me,while 5% will be for expenses
both parties might have ncurred during the process of this transaction.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my personal email.
Bestregard,
MR KELVIN ANI

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