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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: "larry osuji" <larry@druknet.bt>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:02:41 +0100
Subject:


GET BACK TO ME
To: nienna_the_weeper@hotmail.com
X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.1.8
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:03:46 +0600
Message-ID: <web-8268392@druknet.bt>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

From : Barr. Larry Osuji(Esq)
Osuji & Associates. Solicitors & Advocates.

Dear

I am Mr. Larry Osuji, a Lawyer by profession. I am
the personal attorney to Mr. Charles Liang who worked
for the Chevron Oil Exploration Company in Nig,
herein after shall be referred to as my client.

On the 21st of April 2000, my client, his wife and
their three children were involved in a car accident
along Lag - Ibadan express road. All occupants of
the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then
I have made several enquiries to your embassy to
locate
any of my clients extended relatives. This has proved
unsuccessful.

I came to know about you through an enquiry I was
making in the internet, and came across your wonderful
profile which is why I havedecided to contact you,
since you have the same second name with my late
client in order to assist in repatriating the money
and property left behind by my client before they get
confiscated
ordeclared unserviceable by the bank.

Particularly, the Nortech FinanceCompany where the
deceased had an account valued at about US$ 10.5
Million Dollars, has issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin or have the account confisticated within
the next 21 official working days.

Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased since
you share the same second name so that the proceeds of
this account valued at US$10.5 Million Dollars can be
paid to you and then you and me can share the money,
on the ratio of 60% for me, and 40% for you. I have
all necessary legal documents that can be used to back
up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us
see this business through. I guarantee that this will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me by email and send to me
your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss
further about the details of this transaction.

Best regards,

Barr Osuji Esq. (Principal Partner)
Osuji & Associates.
Tel: 234-805-3276677
barr_larrychember@yahoo.com




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