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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: "FRANK EZE" <frankeze50@msn.com>
Reply-To: frankeze007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:34:49 +0000
Subject: Attn: Mcdermott

Desk of: Barrister Frank Eze
Obi Chambers & Associate
Address:5TH FLOOR,WESTERN HOUSE,
8/10 BROAD STREET LAGOS-NIGERIA.
Email:frankeze007@yahoo.co.uk

Attn: Mcdermott ,

I am Barrister Frank Eze(SAN) personal attorney to MR. Arnell Mcdermott, a
Citizen of New-Zealand, who worked with Aero contractors here in
Nigeria.This company deals with air flight chartered services.

My client was a pilot in the said company. On the 1st of January 2004,my
client, his wife and their three children were involved in a aero plane
crash. Unfortunately,all the occupants of the plane lost their lives as the
aeroplane caught fire after the crash.

Since then I have made several enquiries from New-Zealand embassy to locate
any Of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his Last Name
over the Internet,to locate any one that bears the same last Name,hence I
Contacted you.

My aim of contacting you is for to accept to claim the money and property
left behind by my client prior to his death before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposits were lodged
particularly,the NATIOAL BANK PLC,in Lagos-Nigeria.where the deceased had an
account valued at about US$14 Million dollars. The bank had issued me a
notice to provide the next Of kin or have the account confiscated within the
next 14 official Working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 1 Year now
I seek your consent to present you as the beneficiary of the deceased assets
since you have The Same last Name With Him.Once you agree to accept the
US$14million dollars into your account,I will forward your contact
information to the bank for the onward transfer of the money into your
designated bank account. As soon as you confirm the receipt of the money
into your account I will now come over to your country for the sharing of
the money.

All I require is your honest Co-operation to enable us in seeing this deal
through.I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch With
me by emailling Me Through My Private address Email:frankeze007@yahoo.co.uk
,and include your private phone and fax number to enable us discuss
further,also Include Your Bank Account Details were you want this Fund to be
Remmited.
Await For Your Kind Response and Understanding Towards Actualizing This Fund
in a Very Shortest Time.

Thanks and God Bless You.

Barrister. Frank Ezei.
Email:frankeze007@yahoo.co.uk



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