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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: usman_50@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 12:04:15 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT?=

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Barrister Usuman Bello, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Mr.chris Galvan, a national of U.K, who used to work with Shell Petroleum
Development Company in Nigeria, hereinafter referred to as my client. On
the 21st of April 2003, my client, his wife and their children were involve
in a car accident along Sagamu Express - Road, and all the occupants of
the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then, l have made several enquiries to their embassy to locate any
of my clients extended relatives but all proved unsuccesseful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, l have decided to locate foreign national
hence my contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and property
left behind by my client before they got confisticated or declared unserviceable
by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the Standard Trust Bank Plc. where the deceased had an account
valued at about TWENTY FIVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS
(US$ 25,500,000.00) has issued me a notice to prove the next of kin or have
the account confistcated within the next ten official working days.

Since l have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, l seek your consent to present you as THE NEXT OF KIN of the deceased
since you are a foreigner, so that the proceeds of this account valued at
(USD25.5M) can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money, 60%
to me and 40% to you. I have all the necessary legal documents that can
be used to back up any claim we may make.

All l require is your honest co-operation to enable us finalize this deal.
I guanrantee that this will be executed under a legitimate agreement that
will protect you from any breach of the law.

Let me have your reply AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Sincerely,

Usuman Bello Esq.

URGENT





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