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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: emekappp@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:19:23 +0100
Subject: From Mr.Emeka Okonkwo















































BRANCH MANAGER,
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC
ILUPEJU BRANCH LAGOS
NIGERIA.

ATTN: PRESIDENT/C.E.O

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 reposed on you when the Chief Executive of Lagos State
chamber of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a confidential
business. I am the manager of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), 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 15.5Million
(fifteen million five hundred thousand united states dollars only). 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 of expenses 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.

I await your earliest response.

Thanks,

Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Emeka Okonkwo.






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