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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: "PETER ALAMIEYESIGHA" <mails4johnobi@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:56:33 +0000
Subject: FROM PETER ALAMIEYESIGHA.

FROM PETER ALAMIEYESIGHA.
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE.

DEAR SIR,

MY NAME IS PETER ALAMIEYESIGHA, THE FIRST SON OF THE GOVERNOR OF BAYELSA
STATE, THE CRUDE OIL PRODUCING STATE IN NIGERIA,CHIEF.DIEPREYE ALAMIEYESIGHA
WHO WAS ARRESTED IN LONDON WITH CASH POSSESSION OF TWO MILLION POUNDS
STERLING BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FOR MONEY LAUNDRY, WHICH HE IS UNDERGOING
PROSECUTION. AND WAS ALSO ACCUSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA OF
LOOTING STATE TREASURY WHICH THROUGH THE HELP OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT MY
FATHER'S MONEY LODGE IN VARIOUS ACCOUNTS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA WAS
DISCOVERED AND FROZEN, STATED BELOW ARE THE FROZEN BANK ACCOUNT OF MY
FATHER.

1. NATIONAL WESTMINISTER BANK. A/C#:10182819, SORT CODE15-0025 AMOUNT:
2.5MILLION POUNDS STERLING.

2. USB WARBURG AG.1 CURZON STREET, LONDON, WIJ5HB AMOUNT: $1.5MILLION.

3. BARCLAYS BANK PLC, INTERNATIONAL BANKING UNIT, 88 DIGHEMIS AKRITAS
AVENUE, 1644, NICOSIA CYPRUS.THE ACCOUNT NUMBERS ARE: 7341553/7341596 FOR US
DOLLARS, 7341454AND7341588 FOR POUNDS STERLING,7341561 AND 7341618 FOR
EURO.ALL IN EQUIVALENT OF GBP6.5MILLION IS DEPOSITED IN THIS ACCOUNTS.

4. JYSKE BANK, AT BESTERBROGATE,9 DK-1780,COPENHAGEN V. THE CLIENT NUMBER
IS:9598788275 AND THE ACCOUNT NUMBER IS:5005220454-7 AMOUNT:$500,000 AND HIS
TWO JYSKE VISA CARDS NUMBERS 480902259878 AND 4809021598788272 HAS BEEN
FROZEN.

5. THE ONE ON MY NAME WITH BANK OF AMERICA, PETER ALAMIEYESIGHA A/C NUMBER:
005482562491 AMOUNTS: US$460,000.00.

6. THE SUM OF GBP 1,350,000.00 BEING WITH: BARCLAYSBANK, HNIGHTSBRIDGE,
LONDON, SWIX7NT, A/C#80041262, SORT CODE 20-47-35, IBN:
GB87BARC20473580041262 SWIFT BICGB22 HELD BY FATHER'S COMPANY FIRST
INVESTMENT & FINANCE CORPORATION.HIS REFINARY IN ECUADOR AND PROPERTIES IN
LONDON IS ABOUT TO BE CONFISCATED.
HOWEVER, IMMEDIATELY I GOT THE INFORMATION OF MY FATHER ARRREST IN LONDON I
DECIDED TO SECURE MOST OF HIS IMPORTANT FILE AND AS I WAS GOING THROUGH HIS
FILES I STUMBLE ON A DOCUMENT, WHERE HE DEPOSITED A TRUNK BOX CONTAINING
$10,500,000 (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLAR), DEPOSITED IN A
SECRET DEPOSIT AND SECURITY TRUST FIRM IN OVERSEA,AS PERSONAL EFFECT (FOR
SECURITY REASON) IN ONE OF HIS RECENT TRIP TO ABROAD.NOW I AND FAMILY CAN
NOT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL OUT OF THE COUNTRY, DUE TO THE SUVIELLANCE AND EMBARGO
PLACE ON MY FAMILY BY THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT.

ACTUALLY MY REASON OF CONTACTING YOU IS FOR YOU TO ASSIST ME IN CLAIMING THE
BOX FROM THE DEPOSIT AND SECURITY TRUST FIRM IN OVERSEA AS THE BENEFICIARY
OF THE DEPOSIT.PLEASE NOBODY KNOWS WE HAVE MONEY INSIDE THE BOX AS IT IS
DEPOSITED AS PERSONAL EFFECT(PURE GOLD AND DIAMOND) AND ALL THE NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS THAT WILL MAKE YOU THE BONAFID BENEFICIARY OF THE DEPOSIT WILL BE
SEND TO YOU ANDYOU ARE ENTITLED 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND
I WILL LIKE TO INVEST PART OF MY MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY INTO PROPERTIES,I
WILL ALSO WANT YOU TO TREAT THIS BUSINESS AS CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT, PLEASE
ON NO ACCOUNT SHOULD YOU DISCLOSE THIS BUSINESS TO ANYBODY.
I WILL WANT YOU TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST TO ASSIST ME BY CONTACTING ME
IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESSE:
peteralamieyesigha@myway.com,

SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU THE DETAILS, YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX NUMBER IS
ALSO NEEDED FOR SWIFT COMMUNICATION. I ALSO WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS
BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE BECAUSE AS IT IS ONLY MY FATHER, ME AND YOU THAT
KNOW'S WE HAVE MONEY INSIDE THE BOX.

AWAITING YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE
THANKS AND GOD BLESS
PETER ALAMIEYESIGHA.

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