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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: Mark Fred Kuku <markuku@eresmas.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 17:07:08 GMT
Subject: URGENT PROPOSITION

The Foreign Operations Dept. Union Bank of Nigeria Plc Head Office:Union Bank Building Marina-Lagos,Nigera. Telegrams: UNIONHEAD Dear Sir/Madam, STRICTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL I am Dr.Mark Kuku,a manager in the Bills and Exchange at theForeign Remittance Department of the ECO INTERNATIONAL BANK I am writing this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this business opportunity in my department. We discovered an abandoned sum of$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen million United States Dollars only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family of a wife and two children in November 1997 in a Plane crash.Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come over and put claims for his money as the heir,because we cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relative has everappeared to claim the said fund. Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department have agreed to make business with you and relea!se the total amount into your account as the heir of the fund since no one came for it or discovered he maintained account with our bank,otherwise the fund will be returned to the banks treasury as unclaimed fund. We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus;20 % for you as foreign partner,75 % for us the officials in my department and 5 % for the settlement of all local and foreign expences incurred by us and you during the course of this business.Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleagues will come to your country and mind our share. It is from our 75 % we intend to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a way of recycling the fund. To commence this transaction,we require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose your private contact telephone number, fax number full name and addres s and your designated bank coordinates to enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made. Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of its nature.I look forward to receiving your prompt response Via my alternative e-mail address kuku_mark@yahoo.com. Regards, Dr.Mark Kuku.

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