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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: "sule ciroma" <ciromasule2@msn.com>
Reply-To: ciromasule@myway.com
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:06:26 +0000
Subject: Eden Andrew..

Dear Sir,

My name is Sule Ciroma, a manager with the Access Bank Nigeria PLC, in
Lagos,
Nigeria. I came to know
about you in course of my private search for a
reliable and capable foreigner that will handle
confidentially a transfer of a huge sum of money in
United States Dollars from the Access Bank Nigeria
PLC to a foreign Bank Account.

The Business Details: A foreigner, late Eden Andrew
Wilson, an Oil Merchant/Contractor with the Federal
Government of Nigeria and was resident in Nigeria
until his death about three years ago in a ghastly
motor accident. He had a deposit of US$25,000.000
(Twenty Five Million, United States Dollars) with the
Access Bank Nigeria PLC before his death on August
1998. I am his account officer at the Access Bank.
Nobody has serviced the account or shown up for the
money since after his death till date. Efforts have
been made by the Bank to get in touch with his next of
kin or any of his relations without success (he had no
known wife or children). It is on this premise
therefore that some top management staff of Access Bank
who are fully aware of the incident resolved and asked
me to find and negotiate with a foreigner who is
willing to act as next of kin to the late Engr. Eden
Andrew Wilson for this sum of money now kept in the
?DECEASED ACCOUNT? of the Access Bank, hence this
letter to you.

In order to enable us effectively process the
necessary documents for the smooth transfer of the
money into an account to be nominated by you, as the
would be next of kin to late Engr. Wilson, you are
urgently required to send to me the following:
1. The name to be used to change the existing next of
kin at the bank
2. Your name/address (residence and official)

3. Your private telephone and fax numbers for easy
and safe communication.

Please understand that the money (US$25,000.000) when
transferred into your account will be used for a joint
venture investment as may be agreed by all parties
involved. We assure you 100% risk free involvement in
this transaction, as all plans will be perfected at
this side to cover the entire transfer processes.

I await your urgent reply.

Yours faithfully,
Sule Ciroma.


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