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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: tonymomoh@tiscali.it
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 11:40:27 +0100
Subject: NEXT OF KIN

Attention; President/CEO,
;
I am Barrister Tony Momoh, I am the Personal Attorney to Mr Adams Gilligan,
a national of your country, who used to work with Shell Petroleum Development
Company in Nigeria(SPDC). On the 21st of April 2001, my client,his wife
and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu/Lagos
Express Road.
UnfortunatelyA, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident.
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 trace his relatives over
the Internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I
contacted you.
I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind
by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Bank, where
the deceased had an account valued at about $8million U.S dollars(Eight
million dollars).
Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated within the next ten official working days. since
i have been unsuccesful in locating the the relatives for over 2 years now.I
seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased since
you are from the same country so that the proceeds of this account valued
at $8million U.S dollars can be paid into your nominated bank account, and
then we will share the money as follows:-

You will be compensated with 40% as Account Owner,
While i will take 55%, and the remaining 5% should be for expenses or
tax as your government may require.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make. All I require is your honest and cooperation to enable us see
this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get
in touch with me by email to enable us discuss further.
Yours Faithfully,
Barrister Tony Momoh
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