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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 Ben Mill" <benmill@benmill.net>
Reply-To: benfavour1@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:08:14 +0000
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME!!!

PLEASE GET BACK TO ME!!!
Inter Continental Bank plc
Balogun Business Association Branch
International Center for commerce
Lagos International Trade Fair Complex
Badagry Expressway Lagos.

PLEASE Reply To: benfavour1@yahoo.ca

ATTN: Sir/Madam

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 Branch manager of Inter Continental Bank plc { ICBPLC)

International Trade Fair Complex Balogun. The intended business is thus; We had a customer, a Foreign resident in Nigeria, he was a Contractor with one of the Government Parastatals.He has in his Account in my branch the sum of US 10.5 Million .Unfortunately, the man died three 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 other top Officials of the bank have covered up the account all this while. Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as one of his next of kin to late egnr E. john 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 five working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even now or 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 (30%) of the Total sum at the end of the transaction while 65% would be for i and my colleagues and the remaining 5% would be for any form of expenses that may be incurred during the course of the transaction which would be given to us when the money is transferred into your account before splitting the balance on the agreed percentage of 65% to 30%. In order to get all the legal documents from the court, kindly send the following information to us immediately.

Your full name Telephone,mobile and fax numbers as well as your resident or company address for procedure.make sure you send the information via E-mail:benfavour2@yexcite.com

Await earliest response.

Thanks,

Yours Sincerely,

MR BEN FAVOUR,

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