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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: "Barrister, Ralph Tunde Kolawale" <barrralphtunde@uku.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: barrralphtunde@care2.com
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 05:54:24 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION PARTNER

I must apologise for this unsolicited proposal but I want you to consider it
as a request,with the best of intentions and as a result of the urgency of the
transaction.
I am Barrister RALPH TUNDE KOLAWALE of KOLAWALE Chambers, one of my
Clients who is late now an Engineer( Engr. MICHEAL I BRANDON) the Managing
Director of M.BRADON Construction Company, carried out a Contract with the Nigeria
Liquefied Natural Gas(NLNG) worth $25.000,000:00(twenty five million U.S Dollars).
The Contract was Duly Completed and a Job Completion Certificate was Issued
to support that, but due to the Internal problem within the Organization
the payment was delayed,
I was consulted by the late Engr, who handed over to me the Original copies
of every Document related to this Contract. I was consulted as to assist him
in the recovery of this payment, after a period of two months to be precise, that I
was consulted my Client (Engr.MICHEAL I BRANDON) died of Cardiac arrest.
For about Five Months now TO BE precise I have succeeded in the recovery of
this payment, which has been paid into his Company Account here in my
Country, all efforts to get the Direct next of Kin to this Late Engineer has not
been successful and it is a policy here that such payments after six months and
no one comes up for the Claim should be confiscated and shared among the Board of
Director's of the Bank, it is on this I am soliciting your Urgent Partnership as to Present
you as the Next of Kin to the Late Engineer, to enable us convert this fund for our Personal
Utilization as my Legal fee has not been fully paid before his demise.
So To actualize this arrangement you are to forward
to me the following:
1) YOUR NAME IN FULL OR COMPANY NAME.
2) YOUR PRIVATE PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE NUMBER.
3) YOUR FULL CONTACT ADDRESS.
I have resolved to offer you 35% of this total sum
for the essential role and 5% has been set aside for re-imbursement of
any expenses, should there be any,60% is for me the Initiator.
Please forward to me the requested information on
return mail as I have perfected arrangement for a hitch free transaction,
so long as this remains confidential on your side.
PLEASE YOUR REPPLY SHOULD BE VIA THIS MY
CONFIDENTIAL E-MAIL ADDRESS:-barrralphtunde@care2.com
Yours Sincerely,
Barrister RALPH TUNDE KOLAWALE

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