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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: "ALHAJI BABANBARUWA ." <alhajibarban@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:33:36 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED

Bills & Exchange Manager

Union Bank of Nigeria

Suit 23, Pentagon Plaza

72 Allen Avenue Ikeja

Lagos state-Nigeria.

Dear Friend,

I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money
from a deceased account.

Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone
apprehensive
and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the
day.
We decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION;

We discovered an abandoned sum of (Twenty Million United states Dollars) in
an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers (Engineer Joseph
Steve)
who died along with his entire family. Since his death, none of his
next-of-kin or
relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir. We
cannot release
the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the
next-of-kin to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a next
of kin
to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by us for
the funds
(Twenty Million United states Dollars) to be released in your favour as the
beneficiary's
next of kin.

It may interest you to note that we have secured from the probate an order
of mandamus
to locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this
message in
acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the
following;

1. Your Full Names and Address.

2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.

These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate
departments
for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made. We
shall be
compensating you with 4 Million Dollars on final conclusion of this project,
while the
rest shall be for us. Your share stays with you while the rest shall be for
us for
investment purposes in your country.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust
we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent email.

Best regards,

ALHAJI BARBAN BARUWA.

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