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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Adeyemi Adeleke" <aadeleke@assurance-nig.com>
Reply-To: adeade@mixmail.com
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 06:32:14 +0000
Subject: Pls Confirm.

Mr Ade Ade.
Assurance Bank Ltd,
Lagos-Nigeria.

My Dear friend,

I sincerely hope that after you go through this mail you will give it the
proper consideration and attention that it requires. I decided to use this
medium to reach you because presently i am in desperate need of a trust
worthy person like you for this proposal i am making to you which will be
hopefully for the benefit of both of us.

I am Mr Ade Ade. , Branch Manager, Assurance Bank Ltd, of Nigeria. In
January 2002, One Mr. Claude Brian Best, A British National, a
consultant/contractor with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Power made a
numbered time Fixed) Deposit, valued at US$11,500,000.00 (Eleven Million,
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), for twelve (12) calendar
months in my Bank branch.
Upon maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employers that Mr. Claude Brian Best was no longer on
earth. On further investigation, I found out that he died without yet
declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents,
including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.

This sum of US$11,500,000.00 is still in my Bank and the interest is being
rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. Nobody will ever
come forward to claim it, in accordance with the Nigerian Federal Law, at
the expiration of 4 (four) years, the money will revert to the ownership of
the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently, I
shall present you as the next of kin to Mr. Claude Brian Best so that you
and i can benefit from the fruits of this old man's labour to enhance
Humanitarian Organization World wide.

The money will be share in the ratio of 60% for me, 35% for you and 5% for
any arising contingencies during the process of this transaction.

There is no risk involved as i will use my position as the Branch Bank
Manager to secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this
transaction and it will take only 7- working days.

Please you must observe utmost confidentiality if this proposal interest
you, and include your private phone number for voice contact

Awaiting your urgent reply.

Thanks,

Best regards.

Mr Ade Ade.

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