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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: honjoedike@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 03:55:56 +0100
Subject: NEXT OF KIN.

My dear friend,

This mail might come as a surprise to you, especially since we have never
met or discussed before. The truth is that I should have notified you first
through a more confidential means even if it is at least to respect your
integrity, please accept my humble apologies if I had caught you unawares.
I am a banker with one of the banks in Lagos, Nigeria. I have urgent and
very confidential business proposition for you. On June 6, 2000, a Zimbabwean
farmer/businessman made a numbered time (Fixed) deposit for twelve calendar
months, valued at US$15,320,000.00 (Fifteen million, three hundred and twenty
thousand United States dollars) in my branch.
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his co-farmer who previously had a joint account with him in my bank
that he died in the land crisis in Zimbabwe. On further investigation, I
found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next
of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered
that he did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including
his Bank Deposit paperwork.
This sum of US$15,320,000.00 is still sitting 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 the Nigerian Law, at the
expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of
the Nigerian Government {STATE} if nobody applies to claim the funds. Consequently,
my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as his next
of kin so that the fruits of this old man's labour will not get into the
hands of some corrupt officials. I will intimate you with the requirements
that the attorney will need to prepare the necessary documents and affidavits,which
will put you in place as the next of kin upon your positive response.

We shall employ the services of two attorneys for drafting and notarization
of the WILL and obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration
in your favour for the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world,
which you provide, will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you
as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account
for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and 30% for you, There is no
risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the
attorney and my position in the bank guarantees the successful execution
of this transaction.
Upon your positive response, I shall let you know the name of my bank and
the name of the deceased. I will also provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will put you in a clearer picture of this pending
transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction
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 .

Yours faithfully.
Joseph Dike


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