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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: "FELIX OSAKWE" <felix_osakwe1@msn.com>
Reply-To: felix_1osakwe@myway.com
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:34:31 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY,

Regent Bank Nig plc
The Manager Credit and foriegn Bills
Victoris Island
Lagos-Nigeria.
Dear Friend,
I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable
business proposal, though I don't know you neither have I seen you before
but my confidence was responsed on you when the Chief Executive of Lagos
State chamber of Commerce and Industry handed me yourcontact for a
confidential business. I am Mr.Felix Osakwe, the manager of Regent Bank Nig
plc (RBNP),Ilupeju branch, Lagos Nigeria.The intended business is thus; We
had a customer, a Foreign resident in Nigeria, he was a Contractor with one
of the Government Parastatals.He has in his Account in my branch the sum of
US 15.5 Million (Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S
Dollars).Unfortunately, the man died three years ago until today non-of his
next of kin has come forward to claim the money.Having noticed this, I in
collaboration with two other top Officials of the bank have covered up the
account all this while.
Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as one of his next of
kin and forward your account and other relevant documents to be advised to
you by us to attest to the Claim. We will use our positions to get all
internal documentations to back up the claims . The whole procedures will
last only five working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without
trace even now or in future.Your response is only what we are waiting for as
we have arranged all necessary things. As soon as this message comes to you
kindly get back to me indicating your interest, then I will furnish you with
the whole procedures to ensure that the deal is successfully concluded. For
your assistance we have agreed to give you twenty five percent (25%) of the
Total sum at the end of the transaction while 65% would be for my colleagues
and I and the remaining 10% would be for any form ofexpenses that may be
incurred during the course of the transaction which would be given to us
when the money is transferred into your account before splitting the balance
on the agreed percentage of 65% to 25%. In order to get all the legal
documents from the court, kindly send the following information to us
immediately. Your full name,telephone,mobile and fax numbers as well as your
resident or company address.
Thanks,
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Felix Osakwe.

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