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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: "Moore David" <moordavid@msn.com>
Reply-To: mooredavid90@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:07:53 +0000
Subject: THIS IS URGENT, PLEASE ACCEPT TO ACT AS HIS NEXT OF KIN.(Dear Friend)

FROM BARRISTER MOORE DAVID.(ESQ)
(DAVMOOR SOLICITORS & CHAMBERS)
PLOT 552,MARYLAND,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:davidmoorchambers@box.az

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Moore David(SAN) Barrister and solicitor at law. I am the
personal attorney to Mr.John Philip, a national of your Country,who used to
work with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) here in Nigeria,here in
shall be refered as my client.

On the 21st of April 2002, my client, his wife and their three children were
involved in a ghastly auto accident along Sagbama Express Road,and
unfortunately,all occupants of the vehicle losttheir lives icluding my
client and family.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his people or
any name close to hi's over the Internet,to locate any member of his family
or any close name to his or even any reliable someone from his country,
hence I contacted you.

I am contacting you to assist in repatrating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable
by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged,particularly the
inter-continental bank of Nigeria where the deceased had his account valued
at about US$14.7million
dollars.

The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the
account confiscated within the next twenty one official working days.Since I
have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2years now, I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since he is
from the same country with you so that the proceeds of this account valued
at US$14.7 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share
the money according to any agreed ratio.

Note that I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back
up any claim we might make.All I require is your honest co-operation to
enable us see this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed underlegitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law. Note, your accptance mail should be
sent strictly! to my alternative
email address:davidmoorchambers@box.az

Best regards,
Barrister Moore David(SAN)

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