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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: "barrister Jose" <barristerjose_dula45@msn.com>
Reply-To: barristerjose_dula45@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 03:10:48 +0000
Subject: ATTN SIR

FROM jose dula ESQ

ATTN SIR

BEFORE I START, I MUST FIRST APOLOGIZE FOR THIS UNSOLICITED MAIL TO

YOU. I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS CERTAINLY AN UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO
STARTING A
RELATIONSHIP, BUT AS TIME GOES ON YOU WILL REALIZE THE NEED FOR MY ACTION.MY
NAME IS
BARRISTER jose dula, A SOLICITOR AND THE PERSONAL
ATTORNEY TO (STEVE BOUNDS), A CITIZEN OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO WORKED WITH AN
OIL
COMPANY IN NIGERIA.
HERE-IN-AFTER REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT. ON THE 21ST OF APRIL 1999,MY CLIENT,
HIS
WIFE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A GHOSTLY MOTOR ACCIDENT
ALONG
SAGAMU
EXPRESS ROAD. MY CLIENT AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES
IN
THE
ACCIDENT.
SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF MY
CLIENT
S EXTENDED RELATIVES, WHICH HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AFTER THESE SEVERAL
UNSUCESSFUL
ATTEMPTS, THE NEED TO CONTACT YOU. MY MAIN REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU IS TO
ASSIST ME
IN REPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND BY MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY
ARE
CONFISCATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY THE BANK WHERE THEY ARE
DEPOSITED/LODGED.
PARTICULARLY, THE UNION BANK PLC. WHERE THE DECEASED HAS A FIXED SUM OF
{us$34,000,000} Thirty
Four Million us dollars, THE SAID BANK HAS ISSUED ME A FINAL NOTICE TO
PROVIDE
THE NEXT OF KIN OF MY CLIENT OR THEY WILL BE LEFT WITH NO OTHER CHOICE THAN
TO
CONFISCATE HIS FUNDS, A COPY OF THE SAID NOTICE I WILL FAX TO YOU ON GETTING
YOURREPLY.
SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING MY CLIENT S RELATIVES FOR THE
PAST 6
YEARS NOW I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF MY CLIENT
GOING
BY THE FACT THAT BOTH OF YOU HAS THE SAME NATIONALITY , SO THAT THE SAID
FUNDS
AS STATED ABOVE I.E, THE SUM OF {us$34,000,000} Thirty
Four Million us dollars, CAN BE PAID TO YOU, INSTEAD OF LEAVING FOR UNION
BANK PLC.
WE CAN TAKE PART OF IT AND LEAVE THE REST TO CHARITY.
I HAVE ALL NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BE USED TO BACK UP ANY CLAIM
WE
MAY MAKE ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST CO-OPERATION TO ENABLE US SEE THIS
ARRANGEMENT THROUGH.
I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A
LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW.
PLEASE REPLY ME VIA THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS,
(barristerjose_dula45@yahoo.com)

FINALLY KINDLY GIVE ME YOUR CONFIDENTAIL PHONE/FAX NUMBERS SO THAT I CAN
FAX TO YOU ALL THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE BANK AND ME.

BEST REGARDS,

MR barrister jose dula ESQ

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