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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: nelson peter <nelsonpeter@ukrpost.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 07:29:55 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: business contact

Attention: Sir/Madam,

I am Nelson peter, an Auditor of Union Bank Plc, Lagos Branch. I have urgent
and very confidential business proposition for you.I got your contact from
the world trade center (W.T.C.) regional office in Lagos, Nigeria although
the details of my intention was not made known to them. On June 6 1999, An
American oil consultant /contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, Mr. Kelvin Powell made a numbered time (fixed) deposited for
twelve calendar valued atUS$25,500,000.00 Twenty Five Million five hundred
thousand Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contact employers Nigerian National Petroleum corporation that Mr. Kelvin
Powell died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found
out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin
were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that
Mr. Kelvin Powell did not declare any next of kin in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork.


According to the Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 6 (six) years, the
money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody
applies to claim the funds.Consequently, my proposal is that I will like
you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Kelvin Powell so
that the fruits of this old mans labor will not get into the hands of some
corrupt government officials. This is simple: -

1. I will like you to provide me immediately with your full names and
address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits, which will put you in place as the next of kin.

2. A bank account in any part of the world, which you provide, will then
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary / next of
kin of Mr. Kelvin Powell.

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of
60% for me and 40% for you. There is no risk at all the paperwork for this
transaction will be done by the attorney and my position guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction.

If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email
address below. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details and relevant documents that will help you understand.

Note that this transaction is 100% risk free. You should however treat
this transaction with absolute confidentiality.please forward your
phone/fax numbers and your address to my private Email address at
pn8886@galmail.co.za

Thanks and God bless.

Best regards,
Nelson peter


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