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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: Ushie Obed <ushie_23@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:45:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: LET'S GET IT DONE.


Dear Friend,

I am Ushie Obed (Esq), solicitor with the Nigerian Aviation Ministry (N.A.M).
On the 10th day of July, 2003, an Engineer expatriate working as a technical contractor at the N.M.A lost his life on his way to Lagos from Abuja by a fatal motor accident, along with his wife and children who later gave up at the general hospital.

Before his death, the deceased has a deposit with a financial Institution here worth Fourteen Million Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars (14,500,000).As his personal attorney and since I am the only one who knows about the deposit, I went to the financial
Institution to make the claim and was told that the only person who can claim this money is his NEXT OF KIN.

Since all his family died at the accident, all effort to trace his next of kin proved abortive. Therefore, I am writing to you so that I can make you the deceased next of kin, as the financial Institution also told me that immediately I present the deceased next of kin, the money would be released to the person within few working days. Be informed that your gratification
for assisting me to claim this money shall be 60%; while the remaining 40% shall be mine.

In my next e-mail, I shall give you detail explanation on how the project will be executed. Meanwhile, acknowledge the receipt of this mail immediately and include your personal datas, your occupation ,age, and direct telephone/fax numbers for easy communication
if you have it.

Yours sincerely ,
Mr Ushie Obed .







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