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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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• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "maxwell ngolo" <maxwellzn2001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: maxwellzn@kikumail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:31:38 +0000
Subject: URGENT PLEASE




UNION BANK OF NIG..plc,
PLOT 5/8;ODEKU AVE;
VICTORIA-ISLAND BRANCH,
LAGOS,NIGERIA.
DATE:
Dear.Sir,
I Mr.maxwell Z.Ngolo is the Bank Manager of the above Bank branch for the
past 15years.
There is this clients of us by name "Chief Dr.KEN.O.Amanze" with the Account
number
1215216914KJB since 1986 and up till date nobody has ever questioned nor
made withdrawals from this account.Now I have to look for the Account
opening forms.it was then I found out that the Account has long remained
dormant not that it was on a fixed deposit rather it was on a domiciliary
current Account.And the total sum in this very account amounted to the sum
of "USD20MILLION".
I therefore through the account opening form decided to trace the clients to
know exactly why the account is dormant for the past years without making
savings nor withdrawals?
To my further stupefaction I was told by the people around that "Chief
Dr,Ken "died on a car crash since 1992 with his family of three on their way
home to their village
during one of their festive season.I even goes to the lenght of asking if at
all he has a remnant relation of his?All to no avail.
Since the past 10years I carry this enquiries,the account still remain same
as there was no "next of kin"to this client.Now having given this much
thought, I then decided to make fast with the said sum;but I cannot do it
alone without a foreigner to assist in this DEAL.
I therefore hereby request that you please assist me by claiming that you
are the next of kin to Chief Dr.Ken O.Amanze.I also assure you that there is
no risk involved in this DEAL.I hereby assure you that this deal is
100percent genuine as there is no iota of doubt or fear.Always bear in mind
that with your little assistance it has perfected itself since I am at the
helm of the Banking institution(branch).
I have also promised that the said sum if cleared into your own Account will
be shared
30 - 70%.I.E,30%will be yours while 70%comes to me.
N:B; please this deal has to be kept secret .Do not disclose it to a third
party for security reasons.
Thanks as I await hearing from you soon.
Yours truly,
Max.Z.Ngolo mbsp.

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