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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: bellomanu@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 06:29:58 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATTN=3ATED?=

ATTN:TED
BELLO MANU
Chief Acountant
Union Bank Plc Lagos
NIGERIA.

I am MR BELLO MANU, the personal account manager to Mr JOHN TED,a nationality
of your Country who was a Seasoned Contractor with shell Petroleum Company
in Lagos. who unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africaines
Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou,Benin republic
on the december 25,2003. You will read more stories about the crash on visiting
this website: www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of
my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you but I
know you don't know him, but with your last name being the same, we can
get this money. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money
and properties left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodge. Particularly,
the Union Bank Plc, where
the deceased had an account valued at about twelve Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$12.5,000,000.00)
has issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the
account confiscated within the next ten official working days

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his surname
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted
you. I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and properties
left behind by my customers before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable
by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly,the Union
Bank NIG Plc where the deceased had an account valued at about 12.5million
dollars has
issued me a notice as his personal account manager, to provide the next
of kin or have the account confiscated and decared unclaimed.

As a matter of urgency, i have tried to get in touch with any of the family
member but all effort had proved abortive. I decided to contact you to solicit
for your assistance to get this fund out the bank and we can as well share
the money amids ouselves instead of losing it to th bank. You can reah me
on beloman@box.az so that we can talk more.

Regards,

BELLO MANU



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