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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 miller" <frank_miller2@msn.com>
Reply-To: frank_miller02@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 03:01:47 +0000
Subject: ATMACHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES

URGENT ATTENTION
ATMACHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES
SOLICITORS& PUBLIC NOTARY
TEL 234-8030-607-799



I am Mr.FRANK Miller - an attorney of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. I am the
personal attorney to Mr. Jose Mendez, a United States National ,who worked
with Shell Development Company of Nigeria in-charge of crud oil exploration;
herein after referred to as my client.
On the 21st of October 2000, my client, his wife Valerie and their two
children (Larry and Daren) died in an auto crash on one of Nigerian
roads.Since then I have made several enquiries to the Embassy to locate any
of my clients extended relatives without success. After several nsuccessful
attempts, I decided to look for somebody abroad who is reliable and
trustworthy I will forward as next of kin to receive his fund, hence I
contacted you. I am contacting you to assist in claiming the money left
behind by my client before the bank confiscates or declare the fund
unserviceable. Until his death, my client had, and maintained a US Dollar
currency deposit account with a closing balance of US$15.5M (Fifteen
Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) with The Nigeria Deposit
Insurance Company who have written us to recover all such dormant and
unclaimed accounts to reinvest it with other funds through the capital
market, but we have cleverly written and asked them to release the fund
based on the instruction of the next of kin.
It is for the urgency of this claim that I write to you to stand and receive
the money as Mr. Jose's next of kin since I have failed in attempts 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 I have perfectly procure all
the vital documents that would aid the release of the money . I am prepared
to disburse the money among ourselves in the following ratio:
Beneficiary/next of kin 30%, 10% for Bank and legal expenses, while my
colleague and myself in the chambers shall have 60%.
If this proposal is acceptable to you and you do not intend to take undue
advantage of the trust we shall bestow on you, then kindly respond
immediately, furnishing me with your confidential telephone and fax numbers.
I have all necessary legal documents for the release of the fund. On
indicating your willingness, I shall contact you for us to work out the
modalities for you to receive the funds.All I require is your honesty and
co-operation. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangements that will protect you from any breach of the law.If this
proposal interest you do contacts us

Yours faithfully,
Mr.FRANK Miller

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