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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: "Eugene Adolphi" <eugeneadolphi@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 01:19:32 +0000
Subject: Urgent / Important

Good-day to you,


My name is Mr.Eugene Adolphi , I am the chief Accountant of a bank here in
Nigeria. I would want to use this medium after going through your profile to
seek for assistance in a business transaction which is of mutual benefit. A
foreigner late Mr. Gavin Maxine who is from United State, an Oil
Merchant/Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death
in a ship mishap, who banked with us at our Bank and had a closing balance
of US$9.5 million ,which the bank now expect any of his available next of
kin to claim.

To this regards, I have been directed by the board of Trustees of the bank
to notify the diseased next of kin, which I have done and found out that he
has no next of kin,which means that this funds will be lost to the
government, which we all know will be stolen .

In order to avert this development, myself and some of my trusted colleagues
in the bank now seek your indulgence to have you stand as late Mr.Gavin
Maxine’s next of kin so that the fund will be subsequently transferred and
paid into your foreign account.

On indicating your interest,all documents and proofs to enable you get this
funds will be carefully worked out and we are assuring you a 100% risk free
transaction. You will be allowed to retain 20% of the total amount after the
transaction. If this proposal is okay by you, and you wish to take advantage
of the trust bestowed on you,Please kindly contact me to enable me furnish
you with relevant details to this transaction.

Best regards,

Mr. Eugene Adolphi

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