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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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• 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: "MR EMMANUEL" <emma_o03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: james_chimaeze@myway.com
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:01:18 +0000
Subject: From Mr. Emma James Chimaeze

From Mr. Emma James Chimaeze
Regent Bank Nig plc
The Manager Credit and foriegn Bills
Ilupeju branch
Lagos-Nigeria.

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 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.Emma James Chimaeze, the manager Credit and
foriegn Bills 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 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 ten 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 the 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. Emma James Chimaeze
The Manager Credit and foriegn Bills
Regent Bank Nig plc
Ilupeju branch-Lagos-Nigeria.

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