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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: "Dr Felix Ibru" <drfelixibru@drfelixibru.com>
Reply-To: felixibru772004@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:18:29 +0000
Subject: Dear Sir.

UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

Dear Sir.

I am Dr.felix ibru. of Bills and Exchange at the foreign remitance
department of the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. I am writing this letter to ask
for your suppport and coperationto carry out this usiness opportunity in my
department. I discovered an abandoned sum of $20.565m (twenty million, five
hundred and sixty five thousand united states dollars only) in Account
Number 11008734290 status of account fixed deposit account,that belongs to
one of our foreign customer Mr.Lee Wong C.E.O., WONG LEE
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY NIGERIA LIMITED,Who died along with his entire family
in November 1998 in a plane crash.

Since we got information about his death we can not release the money unless
somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to the deceased.As
indicated in our banking guidelines. fortunately,neither the family members
nor the relations have appeared to claim this money.At this discovery,I
decided to do business with you and release the money to you as the next of
kin or relation of the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to
go into the bank trasury as an unclaimed debt. The banking law and
guidelines of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc stipulates that if uch money
remained unclaimed for a period of eight (8) years it will be transfered
into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.the need for a foreigner as next of
kin in this siness is occasioned by the fact that the costomer
was a foreigner and as a Nigerian cannot stand as his next of kin or heir.

I agreed that 30% of the money will be for you as foreign partner,
thereafter I will visit your country fordisbursement according to the
percentage indicated. Therefore to enable the lmmediate transfer of the fund
to you as indicated. You must apply to the bank as relation or next of kin
of the ceased.Indicating your bank acount number and indicating where the
money will be remitted.Upon receipt of reply.I will send to you the text of
application as soon as you receieve this letter you should reach me through
my abovee-mail immediately and indicate your direct and confidencial
telephone number for effectivecommunication. Hoping to hear from you
through my alternative mail: felixibru772004@yahoo.co.uk
address as stated above.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr.felix ibru

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