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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: <musa_adamsesq@ciudad.com.ar>
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 08:15:47 -0300
Subject: My Friend,

Dear Friend

I am an accountant with CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN), My name is Mr.MUSA ADAMS, I am the Personal Accountofficer to Engr Bob Simon, is a National of your country, who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES, VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS.

Herein after shall be referred to as my client On 30 JAN 2000, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in the the Kenya Airways flight with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to destination Lagos and all the passengers on-board and the flight crew,including his family died in this fatal air crash on 30 JAN 2000. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended Relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet, to locate any
member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where
these huge deposits were lodged, particularly the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).Where the deceased had an account valued at about ($25. Million US Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($25. Million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money 50% to me and 40% to you. While 10% for unforeseen bottlenecks we might incur in this transaction an attorney will be contracted to help us revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law also provide me your phone and fax number so that both of us can have easy communication.

Best Regards,
MR.MUSA ADAMS

Please reply with : egnrmusa_adams@yahoo.com

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