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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: "chuba william" <chuba_william@msn.com>
Reply-To: chuba_william@latinmail.com
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:43:57 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR MR DICK,

AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT.
36 MARRINA LAGOS ISLAND .
PRIVATE E-MAIL chuba_william@latinmail.com

Dear Dick,

I am chuba william, The head of auditing and accounting section of union
bank bank of nigeria, i need your assistance to execute a business deal that
will be very beneficial to both of us

Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the past 8 years which
belong to an American national late Mr Morris Thompson who died with his
family members in a plane crash of the Alaska Airlines Flight 261. Visit <
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/>
(<http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html >) for more
info.

since then we have not had any body coming for the claims as the next of
kin. I have monitored this deposit over the years after his death, and
nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past three and half years.
With my position in the bank now I have moved the file to my private custody
seeking for a trustworthy person who can assist me in claiming this fund as
the next of kin to late Mr Thompson,hence i contacted you.

The amount at the moment coupled with all the accumulated interest, the
balance in this account stands at 9.5 million pounds.(£9.5m).

If you can assist me in this transfer. please kindly reply this email and
forward to me your Phone and fax number so i can contact you for further
briefing.

Please remember that this deal must be handled secretly until this fund hits
your bank account.

Best Regards
Mr chuba william


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