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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: "kayode smith" <b@chanbers-of-commerce.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:27:48 +0000
Subject: URGENT

Dear sir/madam,

I am Mr chris Udoh, i work with a bank here in Abuja(NIGERIA),and i
stumbled on an account that has been dormant for sometime now and from
my investigations the owner of the account that is my late client ,
kindly do help me in getting these money out ot the bank here,he died
along with his family in a car crash On the 21st of April 2001.
I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind
by this late client who bears the same last name like you do help
me,before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where
this huge deposit were lodged which is where i work.
My employers, where the deceased had an account valued at about $3.5
million Dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated within the next fourteen official working days.
Based on this development i need you to come forward and stand in as
the beneficairy, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $3.5
million Dollars can be paid toyou and then you and i can share the money.
60% to me and 40% to you.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in
touch with me by my private email:
chrisudoh101@yahoo.co.uk
Regards
chris Udoh

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