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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: "Duke Eze" <duke_eze005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: duke_eze105@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:21:49 +0000
Subject: From Duke Eze

ATT;PRESIDENT/C.E.O
SIR.
AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business
proposal,Though I don't know you neither have I seen you before but my
confidence was reposed On you when the Chief Executive of Lagos State
chamber of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a confidential
business. I am the manager of United Bank for Africa Plc(UBA),Ilupeju
branch,Lagos
Nigeria. The intended business is thus; We had a customer, aForeigner (a
Turkish)resident in Nigeria, he was a Contractor ith one of the Government
Parastatals.

He has in his Account in my branch the sum of US$35 Million(Thirty
fiveMillion U.S. Dollars).
Unfortunately, the man died four years ago until today non-of his next of
kin has come Forward to claim the money. Having noticed this, I in
collaboration with two othertop Officials of the bank we have covered up the
account all thiswhile. Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as
one of his next of kin and forward Your account and other relevant documents
to be advised to you by us to attest to the Claim. We will use our positions
to get all internal
documentations to back up the claims .The whole procedures will last only
ten working days to
get the fund retrieved successfully Without trace even in future.

Your response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all
necessary things. As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to me
indicating your interest ,Then I will furnish you with the whole procedures
to ensure that the deal is successfully Concluded.

For your assistance we have agreed to give you thirty percent (30%) of the
Total sum at the end of the transaction. It is risk free and a megafortune.
All correspondence Toward thistransaction will be through the
e-mailaddresses


I await your earliest response.
Thanks, Yours Sincerel
Dr.Duke Eze

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