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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: "FRANK BOBBY" <frankbobby033@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:27:17 +0000
Subject: Your urgent assistance needed

BARRISTER FRANK BOBBY
44, KOFO ABAYOMI AVENUE,
VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS - NIGERIA.

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Frank Bobby, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney
to Mr. Steve Anderson, who used to work with Chevron Oil Development Company
in Nigeria. On the 21st of April, 2003, his wife and their three
children
were involved in a car accident along Abuja Express Road.
Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the
accident .

Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate
any of my client Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his
relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but
to no avail, hence, I contacted you to assist in repatriating the
money left behind by my client in a Security Company.

Particularly, the Security Company where the deceased deposited the
US$15 Million (Fifteen Million United States Dollars only).
Consequently, this Security Company issued me a notice to provide
the Next of Kin to claim the US$15 Million (Fifteen Million United
States Dollars only) in their custody within the next ten official
working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you
as the next of kin of the deceased to claim the fund as the Next of
Kin to him so that the fund will be transferred to your account by
the Security Company.

Upon receipt of the fund, I will come over to your country to meet
with
you for the disbursement of the fund and then you and I will share
the money inthis order: 55% will be for me, 40% will be for you,
while 5% will be use don expenses incurred.

I have all the necessary legal documents that can back our claim we
may
make with the Security Company.All I require is your honest
co-operation 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 t! he law. Please, geta in touch with
me by my secured and confidential email address at
fkbobby3@yahoo.co.in, to enable me clarify you further .

Best regards .
Barrister Frank (Esq)

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