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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: "tude william" <tude_william@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:15:12 +0000
Subject: to act as next kin

TUDEWILLIAMS & SOLICITOR

18 ISSA WILLIAMS BALOGUN

LAGOS NIGERIA

ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:wilchy75@yahoo.com

ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM



I am Barrister TUDE WILLIAMS, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Mr P.PHILLIP , a national of your country, aconsultant with Shell
Development Company in Nigeria.On the 21st of
April 2002,my client, his wife and their only daughter were involved in a
car accident along sagbama express road.All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to
your embassy here to locate any of my clients extended relatives,this has
also prove unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided
to Contact you by presenting you to the bank where the money is deposited as
the hier hence the bank has giving me the writ of mandamus to locate any
member of his family hence I contacted you.I have contacted you to assist in
recovering the fund valued at US$5.6M million left behind by my client
before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this
huge amount were deposited.The said Bank has issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next twenty one
official working days.Since I have bee nunsuccesfull in locating the
relatives for over 3 years now,I seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin to the deceased since you are from the same country, so that the
proceeds of this account can be paid to you.Therefore, on receipt of your
positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities
for transfer. I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to
back you up for claim. All require from you is your honest cooperation to
enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be
executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law.

Best Regards,

BARRISTER TUDE WILLIAMS

Call me for an oral talk+234-80-33-288-740



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