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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: "Herold hemphill" <herold_hemphill20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mr_h_hemphill@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:38:48 +0000
Subject: Attn: Your Urgent Response Would Be Highly Appreciated.

From: Mr Herold hemphill
BRANCH MANAGER OF UNION BANK PLC
UNITED KINGDOM,LONDON
PLOT 240 UNION AVENUE LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM.

DEAR FREIND,

INT'L BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business
proposal.
It is with a high sense of esteem and perception of your business potentials
that made me to disclose this business to you, with full confidence that you
will keep the transaction confidential.

I am the manager of UNION BANK PLC, London branch. The intended business is
thus; We had a customer, a Foreigner (AN AMERICAN) resident of London
"Mr.joseph Wallace", he was a Contractor with one of the Government
parastatal, he has in his Account in my branch the sum of (35.5M Pounds)
(Thirty five million five hundred thousand pounds).Unfortunately, the man
died in a auto accident four years ago until today non-of his next of
kin/relatives has come forward to claim the money.

Having noticed this, I was in contact of his only surviving relation
Mrs.Theresa Wallace but she has been very sick and admitted in the hospital
till further recovering notice.

Now as we discussed she needs a forigner to help her brother receive these
Thirty five million five hundred thousand pounds before it gets sized by the
government , so that is the reason why i have contacted you being a
forigner, Once you reply i will give you the further details on how we would
carry on with these once in a life time business.

Nb: she has agreed to give you (26%) of the money when the business is
concluded so you MUST be very honest dong these business,Right now Mrs
Theresa has been transfered to the Good Faith Hospital,Nigeria for
treatments and i am also there with her till she recovers her brothers
funds.
You are required to provide to the UNION BANK PLC the following informations
for our records:

Tel number $ fax
Address (Country/State/City).

I await your earliest response.

Thanks,

Yours Sincerely.

Mr Herold hemphill
mr_h_hemphill@yahoo.com
(Branch Manager)


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