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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: rexikenna30@handbag.com
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:24:25 -0700
Subject: FROM DR REX IKENNA URGENT

5/46 Allen Avenue, Lagos,Nigeria.
From the desk of Chief Accountant
and bills and exchange,
Foreign Remittance Department, Union Bank Nigeria
Plc.
My name is Dr.rex ikenna the chief Account and
bills and exchange foreign remittance department of
Union bank Nigeria Plc. I write this letter
on behalf of my two other colleagues in our department
to ask for your assistance to carry out this
transaction.
We discovered some amount of money abandoned in our
bank sum of -$7M (seven million US Dollars).
This money belongs to Late Mr. john lee . from Los
Angelis U.S.A. This man is one of our customers that
executed a contract and died in a plane crash and died
with his entire family in 2001 .We have advertised for
his next of kin or relation to stand for this money,
nobody surfaced to apply to claim the money.
In this situation, I and my colleagues decided to look
for a trusted foreigner that can stand as the next of
kin and claim this money. We said all this things
because this our customer was a foreigner and we don't
want this money to go into the bank's treasure account
as unclaimed fund.
We intend to share this amount as follows: 65% for I
and my colleagues, 30% for your and 5% for any
contingencies. We expect this deal to be completed
within 14 (fourteen) working days, and all our
transaction shall be in accordance with the laws and
procedures on international remittance of fund.
Please, for the privacy of this transaction, I will
advice that all contacts be through E-mail for the
time being.
Thanks for your co-operation
Yours sincerely,
Dr.rex ikenna ,
Chief Accountant and bills and exchanged foreign
remittance department of Union bank Nigeria.
please reply to this email address rexikenna04@yahoo.co.uk


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