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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: "donald ibe" <donaldibe2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: donaldibe13@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 06:35:00 -0900
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION!!!

URGENT ATTENTION!!!
MR.Donald Ibe.
Accountant.
FIRST BOND BANK OF NIG. PLC.
V/ISLAND LAGOS.

ATTN: SIR/MADAM

I am Mr Donald Ibe. An accountant with the FIRST BOND BANK OF NIG. PLC and I
need your assistance in remitting a huge amount of money to your bank
account this money which originally belongs to Mr.Charles Fredrick a
national of your country who until his death was an employee with Shell Oil
Company in Nigeria, he died in Plane Crash with members of his families
5 years go, since then we have made several enquiries to your embassy to
locate any of the extended relatives and this has proved unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts I decided to track his name over the
Internet to locate any member of his family. I have contacted you to assist
in repatriating the money left behind by Mr.Charles Fredrick declares it
unserviceable.

Note that after final discussions with one of my superior in the TELEX
DEPARTMENT we arrived at contacting you as the next of kin to claim this
fund into your nominated bank account before the account is declared
confiscated, note also that this transfer will be concluded within the next
(7) seven official working days.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so
that the $15million dollars can be remitted to your account and then we can
share the money, 25% to you and 70% for us,
while 5% will take care of all expenses that might be incurred on the course
of the transfer. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us
seeing this deal through.

I advise that you send across to me your contact address,direct phone and
fax number for prompt communication, and I guarantee you that this
transaction will be executed under a legitimate atmosphere that will protect
you from any breach of transaction / law.
Regards,

MR.Donald Ibe.
Accountant.
(FIRST BOND BANK OF NIG. PLC).

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