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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: bellotom@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:34:55 +0100
Subject: BUESINESS ASSISTANCE

From the desk of:
Mr.Tom Bello
Owena bank ltd
Lagos,Nigeria.
Dear Sir/Ma
I am Mr.Tom Bello,Bank Manager of Owena bank ltd,Lagos Branch.I got
your contact from the world trade center (WTC) Regional office in
lagos,Nigeria.Although the details of my intention was not made known
to them.Actually,I listed your name amongst four other names & prayed over\them
& decided to contact you directly.I have a very urgent & confidential bussiness
proposition for you & for our overall mutual interest. On june 6 1997,an
American oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation Mr Barry Kelly made a numbered time(fixed) deposit for twelve
calendar months,valued at USD$25,000,000.00(twenty five million dollars)
in my branch.Upon maturity,i sent a routine
notification to his forwarded address but got no reply.After a month we
sent a reminder,& finally we discovered from his contract employers NNPC,that
Mr.Barry died in an automobile accident.On further investigation,ifoundout
that he did not leave a WILL & all attempts to trace his next of kin were
fruitless.I therefore made further investigation & discovered that Mr.Barry
did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents,including
his bank deposit paperwork. This sum USD$25,000,000.00 still floating in
the bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at
the end of each year.No one will come forward to claim it.
According to Nigerian Laws, At the expiration of 7 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 will
like you as a foreigner to stand in as a next of kin of Mr Barry Kelly.This
is simple
1)I will like you to provide me immediately with your full names & address
so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents & fidavits,which
will put you as next of kin.
2)We shall employ the services of two attorneysfor drafting & notarization
of the WILL and obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration
in your
favour for the transfer.
3)A bank account in any part of the
world,which you will provide to facilitate the transfer of this money to
you as the eneficiary.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of
60% for me and 40% for you.There is no risk at all as the attorney and my
position will do the paperwork for this transaction as the branch manager
guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.Ifyou are interested,please
reply immediately via this private email address. Upon your response,I shall
then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help
you understand.
PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY,and be rest assured that this would
be most profitable for both of us because i shall require your assistance
to invest my share in your country. Awaiting your urgent reply via this
email bellow,please save me the anxiety of endless waiting.
God bless you.
Mr.Tom Bello
Owena bank ltd.
Lagos,Nigeria.
Please reply to this my private email account;bellotom2007@yahoo.co.uk



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