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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: "Info Info" <infoe002@msn.com>
Reply-To: kennethuba@myway.com
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:38:40 +0000
Subject: FROM MR. KENNETH

From: Kenneth Uba

Dear Sir,


I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business
proposal, Though I don't know you neither have I seen you before but my
confidence was reposed On you when the Chief Executive ofNigerian chamber of
Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a confidential business.

I am the manager of Gulf Bank Nigeria Plc(GBN) Ikeja Branch, The intended
business is thus; We had a customer, a Foreigner (a Turkish) resident in
Nigeria, he was a Contractor with one of the Government Parastatals. He has
in his Account in my branch the sum of US$27 Million (Twenty Seven Million
U.S.Dollars). Unfortunately, the man died seven years ago together with his
children and wife in a plane crash,may there soul rest in peace, until
today non-of his next of kin has come Forward to claim the money. Having
noticed this, I in collaboration with two other top Officials of the bank we
have covered up the account all this while.If nobody shows up as the next of
kin to our said late customer,the corrupt government of my country will
order us to put this money into the goverment tresuary,but will only at the
end put it in their private pockets.

Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as one of his next of kin
and forward Your account and other relevant documents to be advised to you
by us to attest to the Claim. We will use our positions to get all internal
documentations to back up the claims The whole procedures will last only
ten working days to get the fund retrieved successfully Without trace even
in future. Your response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged
all necessary things As soon
as this message comes to you kindly get back to me indicating your interest
Then I will furnish you with the whole procedures to ensure that the deal
is successfully Concluded for your assistance we have agreed to give you
thirty percent (30%) of the Total sum at the end of the transaction. I am
assuring You that there is no risk in this transaction. also all
correspondence Towards this transaction will be through telephone and email.
I await your earliest response.

Thanks,
Yours Sincerely
Kenneth Uba

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