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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)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Donald Henshaw." <donaldhenshaw206@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: donaldhen26@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:15:33 +0200
Subject: Transfer & Investment.


Manager, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
Marina Branch, Lagos

Dear Sir

Transfer & Investment.

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable
business proposal, though I do not know you neither have I seen you before
but I believed that frist of all I have to trust you before we can make a
successful business.

I am Mr.Donald Henshaw.Manager of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Marina
Branch,Lagos Nigeria. The intended business is thus;
I had a customer, a Foreigner, Mr Omer (a Turkish) 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$21.5 Million (Twenty-One
Million Five hundred thousand U.S.Dollars).

Unfortunately, the man died four years ago
until today non-of his next of kin has come forward to claim the
money.

Having noticed this, I in collaboration with one other top Officials
of the bank covered up the account all this while.

Now I want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as the next of kin of
the deceased, and forward all the necessary information that attest to
the Claim documentation, to back up the claims.

INFORMATION:
1) Your direct telephone numbers.
2) Your full names and address.
3) Your bank account details.

The whole procedures will last only ten working days to get the fund
retrieved successfully without trace even in future.Your response is
only what I am waiting for the documentation and approval of the
transaction.

As soon as this message comes to you,you 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 principle, to offer you 25% of the
total sum at the end of the transaction.

It is risk free and a big mega fortune.
All correspondenc towards this transaction will be through telephone
and
e-mail.

I await your earliest response.
Yours Sincerely

Mr.Donald Henshaw.

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