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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: dr_paulosagie001@tiscali.it
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 01:38:32 +0100
Subject: PROJECT.

From: DR PAUL OSAGIE.
Bills & Exchange Manager
FIRST NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
23 CREEK ROAD APAPA LAGOS.
Email: dr2077@netscape.net

Sir;
PRIVATE AND URGENT.

I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money
from a deceased account.Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude
will make anyone apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that all
will be well at the end of the day. We decided to contact you due to the
urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION;

We discovered an abandoned sum of (six million United States Dollars) in
an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with
his entire family.

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to
lay claims to this money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from his
account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines.Upon this discovery, we now seek
your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all
documentations will be carefully worked out by us for the funds (six million
United States Dollars) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's
next of kin.

It may interest you to note that we have secured from the probate an order
of madamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries.Please acknowledge receipt
of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing
me with the following;

1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.

These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can
be made. We shall be compensating you with 1 Million Dollars on final conclusion
of this project, while the rest shall be for us.Your share stays with you
while the rest shall be for us for investment purposes in your country.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust we have bestowed in you,I await your urgent email.

Please send all further email correspondence to dr2077@netscape.net

Regards,
DR PAUL OSAGIE.


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