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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "PETER BELLO" <peterbello2030@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bello_pete@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 07:17:02 +0000
Subject: Regent Bank Nig plc

Regent Bank Nig plc
The Manager Credit and foriegn Bills
Victoris Island
Lagos-Nigeria.


Dear Friend,

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 responsed on you when the Chief Executive of Lagos State
chamber of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a confidential
business. I am Mr.Peter Bello, the manager of Regent Bank Nig plc
(RBNP),Ilupeju branch, Lagos Nigeria.

The intended business is thus; We had a customer, a Foreign 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 15.5 Million (Fifteen Million,
Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars).Unfortunately, the man died three years
ago 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 have covered up the account all this while.


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 five working days to get the fund
retrieved
successfully without trace even now or 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 twenty five percent (25%) of the Total sum at the end of th! e
transaction while 65% would be for my colleagues and I and the remaining 10%
would be for any form ofexpenses that may be incurred during the course of
the transaction which would be given to us when the money is transferred
into your account
before splitting the balance on the agreed percentage of 65% to 25%. In
order to get all the legal documents from the court, kindly send the
following information to us immediately. Your full name,telephone,mobile and
fax numbers as well as your resident or company address.

Thanks,
Yours Sincerely,

Mr.Peter Bello

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