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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: "DR JIM CHUKWU" <drchukwu@msn.com>
Reply-To: drjchukwu@yahoo.dk
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:48:43 +0000
Subject: URGENT PROPOSAL

Dear Sir

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

A foreigner, an American, late Engr. John waley (Snr) an oil merchant with
the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death years ago in Kenya Air
Bus (A310 - 300) Flight KQ430, Banked with us in lagos state nigeria,
and has a closing balance a s at the end of Sept. 2000 worth US$66.5M
(sixty-six million five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), the bank
now expects a next of kin as a beneficiary. Valuable efforts are being made
by the bank to get in touch with any of the Wa ley's family
or relatives but to no success. It is because of the perceived possibility
of not being able to locate any of the late Engr. John waley (Snr). Next of
kin (He had no wife or children that is known to us]. The management under
the influence o f our chairman and members of the board of directors that
arrangement has been made for the fund to be declared Unclaimed and
subsequently be donated to the trust fund for arms and ammunition to further
enhance the course of war in Africa and the world i n general. In order to
avert this negative development, some of my trusted colleagues and I now
seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to late Engr.John
waley (Snr) so that the fund US$66.5 million will be released and paid into
your accou nt as the beneficiary's next of kin. All documents and proves to
enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out. We have secured from
the probate an order of madamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiary's,
and more so we are assuring you businesses 100%riskfree involvement. Your
share stays while the rest be for myself and my colleagues for investment
purpose, according to agreement within both parties. As soon as we receive
an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business proposal, we would furnish you with the necessary modalities and
disbursement ratio to suite both parties without any conflict. If this
proposal is acceptable by you, do not make undue advantage of the trust we
have bestowed in you.

N:B INDICATE YOUR INTEREST WITH YOUR CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE NUMBER WITH
INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY CODE/FAX AND RESIDENT/OFFICE INFORMATIONS
Yours faithfully,

DR. JIM CHUKWU.

(DIRECTOR-FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT)

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