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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: "Mr Emmanuel Nduka" <emmanuelnduka13@tiscali.at>
Reply-To: e_ndu12@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 16:56:19 -0800
Subject: ANSWER BACK

Dear Sir,
TOP URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS FOR YOU

I am Mr Emmanuel Nduka The Senior Accountant in Union Bank of Nigeria
Plc. On June 6, 2000, an American mining consultant/contractor with the
Nigeria mining corporation, Mr. Stanley K Gram made a numbered time (fixed)
Deposit
for twelve (12) calendar months, valued at US$14.200,000.00(FORTEEN MILLION,TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month,we
sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers,the
Nigerian mining corporation that Mr. Stanley K Gram died from an automobile
accident. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making
a (WILL) and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Stanley K
Gram did not declare any kin or relation in his
official documents, including his Bank deposit paper work in my Bank. This
sum US$14.2000.000.00 is still sitting in
my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at
the end of each year. No one has ever come
forward to claim the fund. According to our Nigerian Law, at the expiration
of 5 (five) years, the money will revert
to the ownership of the Nigerian government if nobody applies to claim the
funds.

Consequently, my proposal is that I would like you to stand in as the next
of kin to Mr. Stanley K Gram so that the fruits
of this old man?s labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials. This is simple, you have to
provide immediately

(1) your full name and address

(2) yourprivate phone/fax number

(3) A means of identification either a copy of your
international passport or Driver?s

An Attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits, which will
put you in place as the next of kin.
We shall employ the service of an accredited Attorney for the drafting and
notarization of the ?WILL? and to obtain
the necessary documents and the of probate/administration in your favor
for the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world, which you will
provide, will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next
of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the
ration of 60% for me and 40% for you.

There is no risk at all as the Attorney will do the paper work for this
transaction. This transaction will be
perfected well.Upon your response, I shall then provide with more details
and relevant documents that will help you
to understand the transaction.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for both of
us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent via my private email address:emmanuelnduka12@asiamail.com

Best regards

Mr Emmanuel Nduka

THE SENIOR ACCOUNT,
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.


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