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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2347036371884

Fraud email example:

From: Iyke James <iykejames@ymail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 08:58:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your confidence is required



Attn: =A0

I got your contact through a personal search and decided to let you know ab=
out this packaged financial transaction that will benefit us. I am Mr. Iyke=
James, the Group Manager with Union Finance Nigeria plc.=20
On the course of the 2007 end of the year's report, I discovered that my br=
anch in which I am the manager made Thirteen Million Three Hundred Thousand=
United States Dollars ($13,300.000.00 USD) with our domiciliary account Ho=
ldings of which The Head Office of our bank is not aware of and will never =
be aware because we had concluded our financial year without any eye-brow t=
o this dormant profit margin. I have also PLACED this fund on ESCROW CALL A=
CCOUNT without a beneficiary.=20

As the manager in the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money th=
us I am compelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into=
your bank account. I will compensate you with 25% as gratification while 7=
0% will be for me. And 5% will be set aside for charity/any expenses that w=
ill be incidental to this transaction.=20
=A0
Please if you accept my offer, kindly contact me on my private cell phone n=
umber +234-7036371884 or my private email contact iykejames@ymail.com =A0fo=
r more details.=20

In course of this transaction, there are practically no risk involve becaus=
e it will be a bank-to-bank transfer, and I will be here to monitor it enti=
re process.=20
=A0
I intend to invest my share in your country for a period of five years, and=
it will be under your management.

I will appreciate your timely response.=20

Regards,=20

Mr. Iyke James.=20

NOTE: Please if however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly delete this=
email in view of the confidentiality and let me know as soon as possible t=
o enable me look for capable one.=20
=A0
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