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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: mruwuordon@tiscali.at
Reply-To: mr_uwuordon@yahoo.ca
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:38:37 +0000
Subject: From:United Bank for Africa(UBA)Plc.

From:United Bank for Africa(UBA)Plc.
No 78 Iju Road,
Lagos Nigeria,
Branch Manager.

Attn:President/Director

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 with the good Faith i had in GOD. I
am a Staff of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Ilupeju branch, Lagos Nigeria.
The intended business is thus; We had a customer, a Foreigner, Resident
in Nigeria,Named
Late Mr.John Mike of England, he was a Contractor with one of the
Government Parastatals. He has in his Account in our 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,

Mr.Uwuor Don.


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