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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: "Paulson Albert" <paulsonalbert2@msn.com>
Reply-To: paulsonalbert77@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 03:51:23 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR
FOREIGN OPERATION REMITTANCE
UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC APAPA BRANCH.



Attn ,

I am Dr. Paulson Albert, Director of Operation Foreign Remmitance with the
Union Bank of Nigeria,
Plc. I am writing this letter to ask for your assistance and co-operation
to carry out this business.

In my department we discovered abandoned sum of $8.5m united states
dollars, in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers an
American late Engineer and an oil merchant with the Federal Government of
Nigeria Late Eng. Frank Creek (Junior) who died along with his entire
family of a wife and two children in Kenya Air Bus (A310-300) flight Kq430
in November 1997. Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and put claims for his money as the heir because
we cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for
claim as the next of kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guide
lines.

Unfortunately, neither his family member nor distant relative has applied
to claim the said fund. Upon this discovery, I and others officials in my
department have agreed to make business with you and release the Total
amount to you. We decided to make this business with you because no persons
have come for the claim of the fund and we want to avoid it from being
returned to our Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The terms of sharing can
only be discussed if you indicate your willingness in assisting us.

Anticipating hearing from you.

Regards

Dr. Paulson Albert
Union Bank Nig. Plc

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