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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: "henry ben" <henryben66@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: henryben66@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 02:23:58 -0500
Subject: HELLO

FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA Plc.
>From The Desk of Dr.Owolabi John
Email:owolabijohn2005@yahoo.com

Dear Sir, I am Dr.Owolabi John, from the First Bank of Nigeria Plc,Lagos
Branch.
I got your contact through the internetI have urgent and very
confidential business proposal for you. On January 7, 1999, an America Oil
consultant/contractor with the
Nigerian NationalPetroleum Corporation,Mr. Mark Cooper made a numbered time
(fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$15,700,000.00(Fifteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars )in my
branch upon maturity. I sent a rountine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply. After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employers,the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation that Mr. Mark Cooper died in the plane crash of
31 October 1999[withEgyptian 990] with other passengers abroad.
On further investigation, i found out that he died without making a
WILL, and attempts totrace his next of kin was fruitless.I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that Mr. Mark Cooper did not declare
any next of kin or relations in all his official documents,including his
bank deposit paperwork in my bank. This sum of US$15,700,000.00 is still in
my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the
end of each year. No one will ever come forward to
claim it.According to Nigerian law, at the expiration of (five)years, the
money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody
applies to claim the fund.Consequently,my proposal is that i will like you
as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin

to Mr. Mark Cooper so that the fruit of this old man's labour will not
get into the hands of some corrupt Government officials.
This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full name
and address so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits which will put you in place as the next of kin.We
shall employ the service of two attorney for the Drafting and
Notarization of the WILL and obtain the ecessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favour for the transfer.Any bank account in
any part of the world which you will provide will then facilitate the
transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The

money will be paid into your account for us to share in ratio of 60%
for me and 40% for you. Take Note: There is no risk at all, the paperwork
for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as
the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of ths
transaction. If you are interested,please reply immediately via the private
email address below,upon your responce,i shall provide you with
more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction. Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because i shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Please if this proposal satisfies you , upon the reciept of this mail
message, send to me the following to enable start the process of the fund
into your bank account:

1. Your full Name and address
2. The name of your bank where you want the fund to be
transfered into, Account beneficiary
3. Your private Telephone and fax numbers
Awaiting your urgent reply via my email: owolabijohn2005@yahoo.com
Thanks and regard
Dr.Owolabi John
MANAGER ( FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA Plc.)

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