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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: "BELLO USMAN" <bellousman_2005@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:30:33 +0100
Subject: URGENTREQUEST

Dear Sir/Madam

This mail, I know may embarrass you. By embarrassment,
I mean coming from somebody you never know or met
before, even coming from a country - (Nigeria) noted
for dishonest and Fraudalent practises.
Well, this is not one of those Scam letters from
Nigeria, but from a group of people who are in
distress and require your assistance. I am Mr. Bello Usman
the financial controller of FIRST BANK PLC,
LAGOS - NIGERIA. I am contacting you based on
PROPERTIES ALLOCATION.
However, my main reasons for contacting you is to seek
your assistance in providing a safe bank account where i and
my colleagues can transfer the sum of US$12.5Million to
be used mostly on Properties.
SOURCE OF FUND
This fund - US$12.5Million which is now in the ESCROW
ACCOUNT of this bank came about after all efforts to
trace, the NEXT OF KIN of one MR. DANIELLE TOTTI an
Archictec from MILAN, ITALY, failed.
The said MR. DANIELLE TOTTI, until his death in a
motor accident, April 21st 2002 was a Customer with
this bank. Upon his death, this bank sort to trace HIS
RELATIONS and NEXT of KIN to enable them enter for
claims of this fund but all efforts failed, some
top Staffs of this bank and myself transferred the
fund into an ESCROW ACCOUNT pending when we find a
trustworthy person or firm into whose account we will
transfer this fund for our mutual benefits. Reasons
for this steps is to aviod a situation where at the
end of this quarter, the Directors of this bank will
freeze the account and share this money among
themselves. What we shall do upon your acceptance is
to use you as a NEXT of KIN of MR. DANIELLE TOTTI and
transfer this fund into your account .
Having stated the above, it will interest you to know
that,there is no risk involved whatsoever in this
transaction hence we have perfected all modalities to
make this a success while requesting for a catalogue
of properties for sale in your country, for our study. Should you
be interested, therefore, do contact me through my
email address.












Expecting a mutual business relationship with you.

Best Regards,

Bello Usman.

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