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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 (14 typical phrases found).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "ademola_johnson" <ademola_johnson@superbee.com.br>
Reply-To: adejson148@yahoo.it
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:53:41 -0300
Subject: Dear Friend

Standard Trust Bank
From: Mr.Ademola Johnson
Reply to: adejson148@yahoo.it

Dear  Friend,

I am a Accountant with Standard Trust Bank Plc(STB),My name is Mr Ademola Johnson. I am the personal Account Manager to Late Engr Anderson ,a citizen of your country who used to work with an Oil Development company in Nigeria( Nigeria National Petroleum Company, NNPC).

On April 21, 1999, my client, his wife, and his three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu express way. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended Relatives, this is also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated 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 ($6.5 Million US dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased  so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($6.5 Million US dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money 60% to me and 40% for you upon completion of the fund transfer.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Best regards

Mr Ademola Johnson

 
                        

 

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