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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: "Kelvin Osie" <kevinosie@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kevinosie@myway.com
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:05:57 +0000
Subject: HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST

FROM : BARRISTER KEVIN OSIE

ATTN : MY FRIEND

I AM A LAWYER ,THE CHIEF ADVISER TO LATE CHEIF CHUBA OKADIGBO ,THE FORMER
SENATE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. BEFORE HIS DEATH,HE
WROTE A WILL WHICH ALLOWS ME TO SHARE HIS ENORMOUS WEALTH AQUIRED.

LATE CHEIF CHUBA OKADIGBO WROTE TWO WILLS IN MY CHAMBER . ONE OF THE WILL,HE
AUTHORISED ME TO SHARE HIS ASSESTS AND PROPERTIES TO HIS FAMILY WHICH I HAD
SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED .THE SECOND WILL WAS ONLY KNOWN TO ME ALONE,ON
THIS WILL HE INSTRUCTED ME THAT THE MONEY HE DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY
COMPANY'S VAULT SHOULD BE USE FOR HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES AND ALSO TO SERVICE
MOTHERLESS BABY HOMES ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD WHICH HAS BEEN ONE OF HIS
HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS WHILE HE WAS ALIVE.THE DOCUMENTS OF THIS WILLS WERE
LEGALLY SECURED WITH MY CHAMBERS WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS ENTIRE FAMILY
MEMBERS INCLUDING HIS WIFES.

THE AMOUNT DEPOSITED WAS US$ 22.5M ( TWENTY TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH WAS DEPOSITED ON THREE
CONSIGNMENTS.NOW I HAD ALREADY GIVEN OUT TO SOME NIGERIAN MOTHERLESS BABY
HOMES THE SUM OF US$ 7M ( SEVEN MILLIOM UNITED STATES DOLLARS ) NOW REMANING
A TOTAL SUM OF US$ 15.5M ( FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS).

I THEREFORE THINK IT WISE AS HE INSTRCUTED ME BEFORE HIS DEATH THAT A
FRACTION OF THIS MONEY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO NIGERIANS BUT THE HIGHEST
PROPOTION SHOULD BE DONATED TO HUMANITARIAN ORGENIZATIONS ABROAD, I THEN
DECIDED TO SEEK YOUR INTEREST CONCERNING THE SUBJECT MATTER.

PLEASE TO YOUR INFORMATION ,THESE FUND CAN BE GIVEN TO INDIVIDUAL OR
ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDED YOU WILL USE IT FOR THE PURPOSE IT IS MEANT FOR.IF
YOU ARE INTERESTED,KINDLY WRITE ME BACK SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU THE PROCEDURE
AND FURTHER EXPLANATION ON THE PROJECT.

PLEASE WHILE REPLYING ,MAKE SURE YOU SEND YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT TELEPHONE /
FAX NUMBERS FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.

HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

BARR. KEVIN OSIE

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