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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: wstchristopher@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:45:20 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?HELLO=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E?=

Good-day my dear,

I sincerely write to seek your co-operation and trust to enable me carry
out an urgent business opportunity in my department. I am West Christopher,
I work with the Gulf Bank of Nigeria Plc Ikeja Branch as a staff. Currently
I work in the bills and exchange at the foreign remittance department of
my bank, we had a customer, a foreigner (American) resident in Nigeria he
was a contractor of one of the government parastatals.

I was the account officer to Engr.Tim Mike, who died along with his family
on the 8th of November 2001 in an ADC Boeing 727 plane crash at Egirin River.
All 141 passengers on board were feared dead. He has in his account the
sum of $ 3.8 million USD) and since then, nobody has come to claim the funds
as the next of kin to late Engr.Tim Mike, having noticed this, I in collaboration
with two other staffs, we have covered up this account all this while.

Now we want you being a foreigner to be fronted as one of his next of kin,
and write an Application to the Gulf Bank asking them to transfer this $
3.8 million to your bank account as the next of kin to the late customer.
(Engr.Tim Mike)

All the relevant documents shall be forwarded to you upon your indication
to co-operation with us in this project. Please, if you will sincerely assist
us in this transaction, kindly include your private telephone and fax numbers
for easy communication. I will prefer to have a heart to heart discussion
with you on this issue. This business is hundred percent (100%) risk free
and a big mega fortune.

I am looking forward to hear from you soonest.

Best regards,
Mr. West Christopher
NB; wstchristopher@ny.com




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