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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: "john obi" <barrjohnobi@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrjohnobi@ny.com
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:45:18 -0500
Subject: Acknowledgement

FROM THE DESK OF: BARRISTER JOHN OBI
CHAMBER:OBI & ASSOCIATES
3 Allen Ave.Ikeja, Lagos - Nigeria


Please bear with me for sending this letter
to you surprisingly. I am Barrister John Obi
Personal Attorney to a national of your country,
who used to work with Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria(SPDC).
Please, I sincerely wish to let you know that this is not the kind of
e-mails that you will refer to as "spam" or it's like. I am genuine and I
will prove it to you once I hear back from you.

On the 21st of April 2002, my client, his wife And their three children were
involved in a car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road, Unfortunately
they All lost their lives in the event of the accident,Since then I have
made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to
locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I
contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left behind
by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where this huge deposits were lodged Particularly, the Bank where the
deceased had an account valued at about $9million
U.S dollars(Nine million dollars). Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice
to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next
ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the
the relatives for over 2 years now. I seek your consent to present you as
the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same country so
that the proceeds of this account valued at $9million U.S dollars can be
paid to you and then you and I can share the money. 55% to me and 40% to
you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. I
have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we
may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.


Yours Faithfully,

John Obi
For:OBI & Associates.


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