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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: "paul innocent" <paulinnocent365@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: paulinnocentkcy@walla.com
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:15:00 -0600
Subject: Attention

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR. INCHARGE
FOREIGN ACCOUNT & AUDIT DEPARTMENT.
DL-TEL: 234-803-5942305
EMAIL:paulinnocentkcy@walla.com
ATTN: DIRECTOR /CEO.

Dear Sir,
I decided to relate this transaction to you after going through you/your
company’s profile proved that you can handle this transaction. I am Mr Paul
Innocent, 50years old, and work with First Bank of Nigerian Plc (One of the
Richest Bank in Nigeria). There is an existing dormant account here in our
bank,which we have also monitored for the past 7years now,which belong to
one Late Mr RONALD POWELL,Nationality of AMERICA. When I discovered there
was no deposits or withdrawal from this account for this long period of
time, I decided to carry out a system investigation which we discovered that
none of the family members nor relations of the late Mr POWELL aware of this
account. This is the story in a nutshell. Now I want an account overseas
where the bank will transfer this fund. Thereafter I have planned to destroy
all relative documents for this account, after I had provided all necessary
documentations on your behalf as the next of kin to Late Mr Powell, to
received the total sum as stated to your account immediately. It is a
careful network and for the past eleven month I have worked out every thing
to ensure a hitch free operation.
Regarding, the amount at this moment and plus accumulated interest, balance
in this account stand at total sum of (TEN MILLION-SEVEN HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS).
Now our question is. –

(1) Can you handle this project?
(2) Can we give you the trust that you will release our share of the above
total sum as soon as you received in your account without delaying?

We have agreed to offer you this percentage 30% of the total amount of
receiving this fund into your account successfully.Please kindly consider
this and get back to me, Call me through my direct telephone as given below
first as soon as you received this mail.Finally, it is our humble prayer
that the information as contained herein is according to the necessary
attention, Urgency, Secrecy as well as it deserve. I’m expecting your urgent
response if you can handle this project through which I will indicate the
details on how we can achieve this transfer successfully.
Yours Faithfully.
Mr Paul Innocent, (director)
Foreign account Unit & Audit Dept.
DL-TEL: 234-803-5942305
EMAIL:paulinnocentkcy@walla.com
FIRST BANK OF NIGERIAN PLC – HEADQUARTER

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