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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: edward nduka <edward_nduka2003@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 06:48:42 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Offer From Head Customer's/Inheritance Claim Dept,


From The Desk Of Mr.Edward Nduka,
KATA BANK NIGERIA
Head, Customer's/Inheritance Claim Dept,
Union House, Douglas, Isle Of Man,
1M98 1DF, Victory Island Lagos,
Nigeria.


Complements of the season, my name is Mr.Edward Nduka, I an official of a Kata Bank Nigerian I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank (Mr.Idriss Hussien) a Turkish, with account number AFB1022002-109, who died in Iraq during the war.


Since the demise of Mr.Idriss Hussien, i personally have watched with keen interest to see the next of kin, but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his fund of E1.230,000.00 (one million, two hundred and thirty thousand pounds) which has been with our bank for a long time and has accumulated some interest.

On this note i decided to seek you, your name shall be used as the next of kin, as no one has come up to put claim as the next of kin to this fund and the banking law does not permit such money to stay unclaimed for too long. If no body comes forward as the next of kin soon, the bank will transfered the fund into its treasury for its own use.

I am convinced in my mind that your name could be used as the next of kin to this claim. The request for a foreigner as next of kin is occasioned by the fact that the deceased was a foreigner and a Nigerian cannot stand as the next of kin to a foreigner.

To proceed with the immediate transfer of the fund to your account, you will have to apply first to the bank as the next of kin to the deceased, indicating by sending an application and location where the money will be remitted. this is the bank email address you are to send immediate application to as the next of kin to our decease customer.
email; chairman_foriegn_remitance@yahoo.fr {TRANSFER DEPARTMENT}

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is risk free and that you should not entertain any fear as the whole required arrangement has been perfected for transfer.

This is my private email address, do not hesitate to reply me through this email address if you are interested.so i can forward other document to you which you will attach to your application to the bank.
edwardnduka2000@yahoo.fr

Regards,
MR.Edward Nduka






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