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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: "Tony Okeke" <tonyokeke1@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:16:57 +0000
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT

FROM THE DESK OF:
MR.TONY OKEKE
HEAD OFFICE (S.T.B)
11 B AKIN ADESOLA
STREET VICTORIA ISLAND.
LAGOS NIGERIA.
TEL: +234-1-472-0200


I am Mr. Tony Okeke, Branch Manager with CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC
(C.I.B)I am writing this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to
carry out this business opportunity in my department. We discovered an
abandoned sum of ($25.5 million u.s. dollars) in an account that belongs to
one of our foreign customers who died On April 21/ 2002 my client, his wife,
and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu
express way all occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives in the process of the accident.

Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come
over and put claims for his money as the heir, because we cannot release the
fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to
the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately, neither
their family member nor distant relative has ever appeared to claim the said
fund.

Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department have agreed to
make business with you and release the total amount into your account as the
heir of the fund since no one came for it or discovered his maintained
account with our bank, otherwise the fund will be returned to the banks
treasury as unclaimed fund. We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be
as stated thus; 20 % for you as foreign partner, 75 % for us the officials
in my department and 5 % for the settlement of all local and foreign
expenses incurred during the course of this business.

Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleagues
will come to your country and mind our share. It is from our 75 % we intend
to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a way of recycling the
fund. To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate
your interest by a return e-mail and enclose your private:

(1) Contact Tel/ Fax number
(2) Full name and address
(3)
Profession
(4) Age

To enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for
necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.

Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of
its nature.

I look forward to receiving your prompt response.

Mr. Tony Okeke

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