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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a next of kin / dead customer scam (7 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "murphyudoka" <murphyudoka@superbee.com.br>
Reply-To: murphy1udoka@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:09:41 -0300
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Dear Sir / Madam.

I am Barrister Murphy Udoka. the Personal Attorney to a Foreign  Contractor,who worked with a Multinational  Oil Firm in Nigeria.On the 11th of  September 2001, my client, a foriegner, late JAMES ANDREW.an oil Merchant  /Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death four years ago  in a ghastly  terrorist attack to American Airlines Flight 11, from Boston, Massachusetts, to Los Angeles, California,crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre with   people on board. All occupants of the Aeroplane unfortunately lost  their lives.

Since then I have made several inquiries to Several Embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved  unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives  over the Internet, to locate any memberof his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I have ontacted you to assist me in repatriating the  money left behind by my clientbefore they get confiscated or declared  unserviceableby the Bank where this huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at  about US$35Million Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of  kin,relatives so that the fund left will be transferred or have the account  confiscated within the next twenty official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the the relatives for over 3 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the  deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$35Million can be paid to you and then you and I can share this money. 70% to me  and 25% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your Government  may require.

All I require is your honest and co-operation to enable us seethis deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate  arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.I will want you to  send to me on your return email the following information for the transfer  in your favour.

1, Your full names
2, Your contact address
3, The name of bank you wish we will use in receiving
the fund successfully
4, The complete address of the bank
5, Your private phone and fax numbers where we will be
communicating to each other.

I will want you to sendyour reply to my alternative E mail:  murphy1udoka@yahoo.com   as soon as you get  this mail to enable us discuss on the modalities and process for success of  this transaction. I await your kind

response, Good day and God bless.

Regards,
Barrister Murphy Udoka.

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