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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: "Barr Cuks Collins" <revart201@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: barrchukscollins@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:33:35 -0700
Subject: Good Day

BARRISTER CHUKS COLLINS(SAN)
LEGAL PRACTITIONER, SOLICITOR & ADVOCATE
LAGOS NIGERIA

Tel 2348034232383
Email:barrchukscollins@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Friend,

I am Barr.Chuks Collins (SAN), personal attorney to Engineer miller , a national of your country, who used to work with Osusu Construction Company Nig. ltd. here in Nigeria herein after, shall be referred to as my client.My client with his entire family (The wife and Two Children) were involved in the bomb explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, on January 27th, 2002 which, claim many lives and property. Unfortunately, my client and the family lost their lives in that disaster that needed not to have happened. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the fund (Estate) left behind by my client prior to his death before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the company where this huge deposit were lodged in, where the deceased had an account valued at about US$10.4 million. The company had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next 14 official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one year, now I seek your consent as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name/surname so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$10.4 million can be paid to you.

I will provide all the necessary official and legal documents that can be used to back up your claim. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable me as the legal attorney to the deceased in seeing that you receive your inheritance fund. I guarantee that this will be executed legitimately to protect you from any breach of the law.You can find information about the January 27th, 2002 Bomb Explosion on the websites below.

http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2002/02/02.html
http://www.afro.who.int/country_offices_press/2002/pr2002_nigeria.html

Please get back to me through my email address for further discussion.

Tel 2348034232383
Email:barrchukscollins@yahoo.co.uk

Best regards,
Barr. Chuks Collins(SAN

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