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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: "Vincent Umah" <vincentumah@citizensb-an-kng.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:03:27 +0000
Subject: urgent response needed

From: Mr. Vincent Umah
Tel-Number: +234-803-410-0248.
Alternative Email Address:
vincentumah_002@yahoo.com


Dear Friend,

I am the MANAGER of BILLS EXCHANGE at the FOREIGEN
REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT of the CITIZEN INTERNATIONAL
BANK NIG. PLC. I am writing to ask for your support
and co-operation to carry out this transaction .we
discovered an abandoned SUM $17.5 MILLION {SEVENTEEN
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THUOSAND U.S.DOLLARS} in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customer
who died in a plane crash with Kenya Airways flight
with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from
Mozambique to destination Kenyan City and all the
passengers on-board and the flight crew, including his
family died in this fatal air crash on Saturday 19th
July 2003.

since this development ,we have advertised for his
NEXT OF KIN or any CLOSE RELATION to come forward to
claim this money .but nobody came to apply for the
claim, to this effect, I and two other officials in my
department have decided to look for a trusted foreign
partner who can stand in as the NEXT OF KIN to the
DECEASED and claim this money ,we need a foreign
partner to apply for the claim because of the fact
that the customer was a foreigner and we don’t want
this money to go into bank’s treasury as unclaimed
fund. You are free to visit the website of this plane
crash on:

www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

Every document to effect this process will emanate
from my table and I will perfect, every document to be
in accordance with the BANKING LAW and GUIDELINES, so
you have nothing to worry about, We have agreed that
30% of the money will be for you, 10% for expenses
incurred on both sides while 60% will be for me and my
colleagues. If you are going to help me, indicate by
replying this letter and putting in your PRIVATE
TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.

I await your immediate reply to enable us start this
transaction in earnest. Once I receive your reply, I
will send you the text of application for immediate
application of claim.
Thanks for anticipated assistance.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Vincent Umah.

Note: please reply to my private Email address:

vincentumah_002@yahoo.com
Or call me on my private phone number 234-803-410-0248
in case you have any questions.

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