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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: josephbakare@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 05:55:25 +0100
Subject: NEXT OF KIN

GLOBAL BANK PLC
PLOTS 2E-4E, LIGALI AYORINDE STREET,
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS-
NIGERIA.



Good day Sir,

I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable person/company
to handle a confidential transaction unbehalf of my colleagues and my self
I felt you can be trusted to handle a transaction of this maginitude.One
of our esteemed customers citizen of your country Mr. Engr A Murtagh '66
years of age and director of Gulf Atlantic oil company had in our Bank the
sum of us$18m (Eighteen Million Dollars) in a domiciliary account.His wife,
Mrs Helga Murtagh as the next of kin.Unfortunately,both of them died in
plane crash involving concord AF4590 in Gonesse,France.

Efforts had been made by the management of my Bank in Lagos to contact any
of the deceased children but to no avail,as we were made to understand that
the couple had no child owing to the skeletal information available to the
Bank,it has so far been impossible to reach any of the relatives.

The option left for the Bank management is to declare the deceased's account
dormant and revert the fund to trading on behalf of and in the interest
of the Bank in order to avoid this development,my colleagues and I now seek
your permission to have you stand as a distant relative/next of kin to Mr
and Mrs A.Murtagh so that the funds will be released to you.

All documents and proofs to enable you get the funds will be carefully worked
out on our receiving your consent to this proposal,we would immediately
obtain for an order of mandamus from the Federal
High court of justice on your behalf recognising you as a bonafide relative
to the deceased and subsequently apply for the release of the funds to you
as the beneficiary,through the central Bank of
Nigeria.

May I assure you that this transction is 100% risk free,as we have taken
care of all necessary modalities to ensure a hitch free transaction. To
this effect my collaegues and I have agreed to
compensate you with 20% of the total sum us$18m (Eighteen Million Dollars)for
your kind assistance i.e provisions of a nominated foreign acount to accommodate
the fund for us. If this proposal is acceptable to you,please contact me
strictly through my e-mail address. josephbakare@myway.com

Best regards.

Mr.Joseph Bakare.



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