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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: barrymartin_02@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 08:33:15 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MR=2EBARRY=20JOHUZ=2E?=

MR.BARRY JOHUZ.
BRANCH MANAGER,
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC
ILUPEJU BRANCH LAGOS
NIGERIA.
ATTN: PRESIDENT/C.E.O
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 youbefore but my confidence
was reposed on you when the Chief Executive of Lagos State chamber of Commerce
and Industry handed me your contact for a confidential business. I am the
manager of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Ilupeju branch, Lagos Nigeria.
The intended business is thus; We
had a customer, a Foreign resident in Nigeria, he was a Contractor with
one of the Government Parastatals. He has in his Account in my branch the
sum of US 7.5 Million (seven 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.God Bless You.
Thanks,
Yours Sincerely,
MR.Barry Johuz.



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