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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: "Mr. Walter Amarachi" <walter01@walterch1.com>
Reply-To: walteramara@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:06:31 +0000
Subject: Hello Marcus

Mr. Walter Amarachimen
Email: walteramara@hotmail.com

Dear Marcus ,

I am an accountant with CITIZENS INTERNTIONAL BANK; my name is Mr. Walter
Amarachimen a Banker. I am the Accounts officer to ENGINEER A. Marcus , a
National of your country, who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF
PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.

Here in after shall be referred to as my client On 30 JAN 2000, my client,
his wife, and their three children were involved in the Kenya airways
flight with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to
destination Lagos and they all family died in this fatal air crash on 30
JAN 2000 Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate
any of my clients extended Relatives, this has 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 these huge deposits were lodged,
particularly the CITIZENS INTERNTIONAL BANK. Where the deceased had an
account Valued at about ($35 million u s 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
since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account
valued at ($35 million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me
Can share the money.40% to me and 35% to you and 20% for any charity
organization in your country. While 5% for unforeseen bottlenecks we might
incur in this transaction, an attorney will be contracted to help us
revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we may make.

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

Best regards,

Mr. Walter Amaracimen

NB if you are interested please send your response to
walteramara@hotmail.com

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