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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: joywoman@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 15:15:10 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?LETTER=20OF=20TRUST?=

DEAR SIR,

MY NAME IS MRS.MABEL MARADAS, I AM THE MANAGER CREDIT AND ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT
GLOBAL BANK LAGOS.I WRITE YOUIN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER WITH ACCOUNT
NUMBER14-255-2004/CCB/NG.WHO AMONG OTHERS ON BOARD HAD A PLANE CRASH INUSAON
THE 31ST OCTOBER 1999.ALL ON BOARD PERISH AND DIED IN THEPLANCRASH.SIR,SINCE
THE DEMISE OF THIS OUR CUSTOMER MR GEORGE SHIMONY A LEBANESE IMPORT AND
EXPORT TYCOON HERE IN LAGOS . I HAVEKEPT A CLOSE MONITORING OF THE DEPOSIT
RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS SINCE THEN NO BODY HAS COME TO CLAIM THE MONEY IN THIS
ACCOUNT AS NEXT OF KIN TO THE LATE MR GEORGE SHIMONY,HAS ONLY $10.5MLLION
IN
HIS ACCOUNT AND THE ACCOUNT IS CODED IT IS ONLY AN INSIDER THAT COULD PRODUCE
THE CODE OR PASSWORD OF THE DEPOSIT PARTICULARS. AS IT STANDS NOW. THERE
IS NOBODY IN THAT POSITION TO PRODUCE THE NEEDED INFORMATION OTHER THAN
MY VERY SELF CONSIDERING MY POSITION IN THE BANK.BASED ON THE REASONS THAT
NOBODY HAS COME FOR THE CLAIMS OF THE DEPOSIT AS NEXT OF KIN, I SEEK FOR
YOUR CO OPERATION TO USE YOUR NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DESEASED TO
SEND THIS FUNDS OUT TO A FOREIGN OFFSHOREBANK ACCOUNT FOR MUTUAL SHARING
BETWEEN ME AND YOU ONLY AS I AM THE ONLY ONE WITH THE INFORMATION BECAUSE
I HAVE REMOVED THE DEPOSIT FILE FROM THE SAFE .BY THIS DOING, WHAT IS
REQUIRED FROM YOU IS TO SENDAN APPLICATION SEEKING CLAIMS OF THE DEPOSIT
AS NEXT OF KIN TO THELATE MR SHIMONY.I WILL SEND YOU SPECIMEN OF APPLICATION
AS SOON AS YOU CONFIRM YOUR READINESS TO ASSIST ME MOVE THE FUNDS OUT
OF THE VAULT OF OUR BANK.NOTE: THE BANKING RULES AND REGULATIONS IN THIS
COUNTRY DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH DEPOSIT TO STAY MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AS AN
EXPERTRIATES ACCOUNT , IF THE DEPOSIT STAYS MORE THAN TOLD FIVE YEARS THE
FUNDS WILL BE INHERITED BY NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT ASUNCLAIMED DEPOSIT.
IN VIEW OF THIS DEVELOPMENT I BEG FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND FULL CO-OPERATION
TO COME AND LAY CLAIMED TO THIS DEPOSIT AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MR GEORGE
SHIMONY THERE IS NO RISKINVOLVE IN THIS BUSINESS AS YOU WILL BE EQUIPED
WITH ALL VITALINFORMATION OF THE DEPOSI AND THE ACCOUNT. YOUR COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN DOESNOTMATTER, WHAT MATTERS IS YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN HAVING ALL
NECCESSARY INFORMATION TO BACK UP YOUR CLAIMS . NOTE THAT ALL MODALITIES?
FOR A HITCH FREE TRANSACTION HAS BEEN PERFECTED FROMMYSIDE I WILL SUPPLY
YOU WITH ALL
THE ACCOUNT PARTICULARS . I WILL NEED YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS COMPANY
OR RESIDENTIAL SO THAT I CAN COMPUTERISE THEM TO TALLY WITH NEXT OF KIN
COLLUM IN
THECERTIFICATEOF DEPOSIT.FINALLY I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE REQUEST
FOR A FOREIGNER AS THE NEXT OF KIN IS OCCATIONED BY THE FACTTHATTHE CUSTOMER
WAS A FOREIGNER AND FOR THAT ONLY REASON A LOCALCANNOTREPRESENT AS NEXT
OF KIN.I HAVE AGREED TO SHARE THIS MONEY WITHYOUIN THE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
OF 40%/60%YOU KEEP 40 WHILE I KEEP 60.YOU HAVE MERITED THIS PERCENTAGE BECAUSE
YOU WILL PROVIDE THE ACCOUNT WHERE WE SHALL FINALLY TRANSFER THE FUNDS INTO
ON A SUCCESSFULCLAIMING OF THE DEPOSIT. MY
60% WILL REMAIN IN THE ACCOUNT PENDINGMYARRIVAL IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT
AND SUBSEQUENTINVESTMENTS.
LASTLY FOR THE IMMEDIATE TAKE OFF OF THIS TRANSACTION YOU HAVE TO CONFIRM
YOUR WILLINGNESS AND READINESS TO
ASSIST ME RETRIVE THIS DEPOSIT, THEN I WILL SEND TO YOU BY FAX ORE-MAIL
THE APPLICATION TEXT AND OTHER VITAL INFORMATION YOU NEEDTOKNOW ABOUT THE
DEPOSIT.I ASSURE YOU OF 100% RISK FREETRANSACTION.TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM
YOU.

GOD BLESS!.
YOURS RESPECTFULLY ,
MRS MABEL MARADAS,




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