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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: "Hassan momodu" <momodu2@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:03:47 +0000
Subject: Attn:Taylor

From: Barrister. Hassan Momodu
Hassan Momodu Legal Associates
16, Wolf Road Apapa
Lagos Nigeria.
Email Address: hassanmomodu121@yahoo.com
Private Mobile line+ 234-803-3271583.

Attn: Taylor

I am Barr. Hassan Momodu An Attorney at Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
I am the personal Attorney to Engr. Mike Thomas Taylor, An
American/European by Birth who used to work with Shell Development Company
in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as my Client. On the 21st of
April 2001, my client, his wife and their three Children were involved in
a fatal car Accident along Saga mum Express Road. All occupants of the
vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several inquires to your Embassy to locate any of my
clients extended Relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last Name over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the
Bank where these huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Security
Company where the deceased had an account valued at about (US$16.5m)
Sixteen Million Five Hundred
United States Dollars.

The Bank Has issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the
Account confiscated within the next 21 working days. Since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 8 months now, I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you have the same last name so That the proceeds of this
account
valued at (US$16.5M) Sixteen Million Five Hundred United States Dollars.

This Money can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money, all
Necessary legal documents will be in place that can be used to back up any
Claim we may make. All I require is your honest Cooperation to enable us
seeing this deal through.

Guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please do get in touch with me
through this mailbox: hassanmomodu121@yahoo.com for more details,once I
have your consent and trust then we can proceed immediately.


Your anticipated response is urgently needed.


Yours Truly,
Barrister Hassan Momodu(Esq.)



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