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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: nkosiuba2@webmail.co.za
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:24:57 +0200
Subject: Confidential And Assistance

From: Dr. Nkosi Uba
#432 Rudd Street Ilovo
Rose bank, Johannesburg,
South Africa
TEL: + 27- 735 546 440
Email:nkosiuba@yahoo.co.in



Dear,



I am Nkosi Uba a banker working in one of the commercial bank here in south Africa as an auditor. I am contacting you on a business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased account name Mr.$ Mrs. Sami Abdurbu a
USA citizen. They couple board the ill-fated Egypt Air 99 that crashed
killing all passenger on board.



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



You can visit the BBC website for the avoidance of doubt:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm



PROPOSITION..



I discovered an abandoned sum of US$10,500,000.00 (Ten million five hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Mr.Sami Abdurbu. Who died along with his entire family on a plane crash.



Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims for 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, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as we will carefully wire transfer the fund (US$10,500,000.00) to your account, the fund will be released in your favor as the bona-fade beneficiary as the next of kin.



It may interest you to know 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 upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant information that will help you understand the transaction.

I have been looking for an opportunity like this to better my life, kindly co-operate urgently.



Anticipate your quick respond.



Thanks and Kind Regards,



Dr.Nkosi Uba

NB:Kindly reply to my private email address for confidentiality sake..Email ubankosi@yahoo.co.in

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