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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: henry smith <hmcuz1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 06:19:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: need your urgent response now


HAROKLI CHAMBERS
NO 17 AWO-NIYI CRECENT
AJAO ESTATE LAGOS
NIGERIA.

ATTN: MR YAN

SIR COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAY TO YOU.I DO FORESEE THE SURPRISE THIS MAIL MAY BRING TO YOU. I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO YOU WITH THE HOPE THAT YOU WILL TREAT IT AS MOST CONFIDENTIAL AND GIVE ME YOUR CO-OPERATION TO IT.

MY NAME IS BARRISTER HENRY OBI, A LEGAL PRACTITIONER . I AM THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY (LAWYER) TO MR.ERIC YAN ,A NATIONAL OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO HAD WORKED WITH CHEVRON OIL COMPANY HERE IN LAGOS, NIGERIA FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY, HE LOST HIS LIFE IN THE ILL-FATED AIR CRASH INVOLVING A LOCAL AIRLINE HERE (FREEDOM AIRLINE) ON THE 18TH APRIL 2001 WHILE ON A DOMESTIC FLIGHT FROM KADUNA TO LAGOS (IT IS MOST UNFORTUNATE, AS HE DIED
ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND ( THREE CHILDREN ) .

RIGHT NOW, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF HIS BANK (UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC) HAS WRITTEN TO ME AS HIS LAWYER, TO PROVIDE HIS NEXT-OF-KIN WHO SHOULD INHERIT HIS CREDIT BALANCE AMOUNT OF $18.5MILLION DOLLARS(EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS), WHICH HE LEFT IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH.

I AM EXPECTED TO DO THIS WITHIN THE NEXT 24 WORKING DAYS, IF NOT, THE MONEY WILL BE FORFEITED AND SURRENDERED TO THE BANK AS AN UNCLAIMED FUNDS. AT THIS VERY MOMENT, I DO NOT KNOW ANYBODY TO CONTACT FOR THIS
PURPOSE TO PRESENT HIMSELF AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN AND THAT IS WHY I AM
SEEKING YOUR CONSENT AND APPROVAL, AS YOU BEAR THE SAME SURNAME WITH MY LATE CLIANT, SO THAT I CAN SUBMIT YOUR NAME TO THE BANK AS HIS
NEXT-OF-KIN AND THE ABOVE CREDIT BALANCE WILL BE PAID INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

IF YOU ACCEPT THIS PROPOSAL, I WILL ASSEMBLE ALL THE NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE IN MY POSSESSION THAT WILL BE USED TO BACK UP THE CLAIM.
ALL I REQUIRE NOW IS YOUR HONEST CO-OPERATION TO ENABLE US SUCCEED THROUGH THIS PROJECT. I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW. UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL BE READY TO DISCUSS ON THE PERCENTAGE OF THE SHARING OF THE FUNDS WITH YOU. I WILL ALSO REQUIRE YOUR FAX AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR PROMPT COMMUNICATION WITH YOU.
I ANTICIPATE YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

MY REGARDS
HENRY OBI .
(PRINCIPAL ATTORNEY)








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