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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: "Chris Amady" <chrisamady1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: christoharry@box.az
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:38:48 +0000
Subject: LEGAL CLAIM

Dear Sir,

Greetings, I am Mr.Christopher Amadi the Account Manager of Late Mr.
Morris Thompson in Standard Trust Bank Regional Office in Victoria island,
here in Lagos. However I got your contact through the International web
directory.I decided to contact you by email because I feel that it is
more secured and private.

Recently we discovered a Dormant Account with a huge amount of Money
Valued USD35,000,000.00 (Thirty Five Million Dollars only)that belongs
to one of our late Customer who died in a plane crash .During our
investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came across
a very huge sum of money belonging to Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American
great industrialist and a resident of Alaska, who unfortunately lost his
life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on
January 31 2000,including his wife and only daughter.

You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this site which I
got during my investigation;
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

The fund has been dormant in his account With this Bank without any
claim of the funds in our custody either from his family or relation before
our discovery of this development.

The Banking law here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed
for six years, it will be forfeited to the Bank treasury as an unclaimed
bill.It is only a foreigner that can stand in as a next of kin and It is
upon this
discovery that I decided to contact you to collaborate with you to pull out
this
dormant fund. In order to avert this negative development, I on behalf of my
trusted colleagues now seek your permission to have you stand in as next of
kin
to Our late Customer so that the fund will be released and paid into
your account as the beneficiary´s next of kin now that the bank is still
expecting a next of kin or relative of the deceased ,Late Mr. Morris
Thompson.

In fact we could have done this deal alone but because of our position
in this country as civil servants, we are not allowed to operate a foreign
account and that would eventually raise an eye brow on our side during the
time
of transfer since we still work in this bank, this is the actual reason
why we required a second party or fellow who will assist us forward claims
as the next of kin and also provide either an existing bank account or to
set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this fund, even an empty
a/c can also serve for this purpose.

On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40%
as gratification for your assisting us, and the remaining 60% will be for
me and my partners.

What I want from you is for you to act as the deceased next of kin. I
have in my possession, all the necessary Documents to successfully
accomplish the operation. Bear in mind that this proposal is 100% risk free.

Further Information will be given to you as soon as I receive your
positive response. I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating
your
wish.

I await your Urgent Responce,

Regrads,
Mr. Christopher Amadi


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