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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: "GODWIN OBOH" <godwinoboh@godwinoboh.com>
Reply-To: godwinoboh005@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 22:21:40 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

From: Mr.Godwin Obon
Union Bank Plc

Dear Sir/Madam

I know that this letter might come as a surprise to you since we have not
known before but I would not want you to be embarrassed or consider how I
came across your contact or be dismayed by the stories of corruption you
might be hearing about Nigeria. I would want you to consider this proposal
with good mind.

I am Mr.Godwin Obon, the director with the Union Bank Plc. It is my good
pleasure to introduce you to this beneficial and opportune business. There
was one of our famous customers named William James. He is the Managing
Director of an Oil Firm in Nigeria and also an Independent Oil Marketer. MR
James has an account with our bank with the sum of US$8,750 Million.
Unfortunately, William James died on the 20th February 2001 in an Armed
Robbery attack.

After this ugly incident and his death, I tried to trace any of the relative
to Mr. James who will come to claim his fund from our bank but to no avail.
When I discovered that some orther bank directors of our bank have interest
in the fund and wanted to divert it to their private account, I immediately
transferred the fund to our correspondent with the Natwest Bank London and
present a report to the Board of Directors of our bank that I have located
the Next of Kin to Mr. James to enable me safe guard the fund and made
further effort to trace his Next of Kin.

Now that all my effort to locate James Next of Kin has been proved abortive,
I decided to contact you through correspondent to solicit for your
assistance to assume the Next of Kin to Mr. James and claim this fund on his
behalf and for our mutual benefit.

If you consider my request very interesting and ready to assist me, I would
want you, for a benefit of doubt to contact the Natwest Bank London to
confirm this fund (US$8,750 Million) call MR. Green on Tel/Fax +448701344058
As soon as you call him, tell him that you are the Next of Kin to Mr.
William James he will confirm the fund to you.

After your inquiry, please do not hesitate to get back to me So that I can
give you the further procedures and documents that you will present to the
Natwest Bank London for the transfer of the fund to you. We shall as well
discuss your entitlement upon the receipt of your good response.

Thanks in anticipation of your favorable and urgent response.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Godwin Obon
Union Bank Plc

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