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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: "sam aluku" <samaluku@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: samaluku@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 10:25:28 -0800
Subject: From: Mr. Sam Aluku

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
# 16 OBIOMA STREET,
G. R A, ENUGU,
ENUGU STATE.
NIGERIA.
Tel: 234 803 33 11 525


Goodday:

Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is Dr Sam Aluku. A Top Management
Official of one of the finance corporations in The Federal Republic Of Nigeria.

I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable person/company
to handle an important assingment on behalf of my Colleagues and myself.
As a matter of fact, I got your information from an international trade
directory.

Proposition, An American Eng.Smith William 66 years old,a Chemical Engineer
and an Oil Merchant here in Nigeria,has the sum of $56 million in our vaults.
Unfortunately, he died in an accident in the oil field a long time ago.

Efforts had been made by the management of my corporation through the American
Embassy in Nigeria to contact any of the deceased children but to no avail,as
we were made to understand he had no children and has long divorced from
his wife of many years living him a lonely man. Given the skeletal information
available to the corporation, it has so far been impossible to reach any
of the relatives. The situation left for the Management is to declare the
deceased account dormant and revert the Amount to trading on behalf of the
interest of the corporation. In order to avoid this development, my Colleagues
and I now seek your approval to have you stand as a distant relative to
Engr Smith Williams, so that the money would be released to you,Please do
not get us wrong we are only being ambitious. All documents and proofs to
enable you get the money will be carefully packaged once we receive your
consent on this proposal. May I assure you that this is
safe and risk-free, as we have taken care of all necessary modalities to
ensure a hitch-free movement. I have the authority of my partners involved
in this assignment to propose that should you be willing to assist us in
this,your share would be 30%.

I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me.

Best Regards,

Dr. Sam Aluku.


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