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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: "daniel dike" <danieldike55@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: danilobi2@yahoo.it
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:50:36 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME URGENT

FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA Plc.
>From The Desk of Dr Daniel Dike
Tel:234- 80- 2370950
Email:harison_500@yahoo.com

Dear Sir, I am Dr Daniel Dike, from the First Bank of Nigeria Plc,Lagos
Branch.I got your contact through the internetI have urgent and very
confidential business proposal for you. On January 7, 1999, an America
Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian NationalPetroleum

Corporation,Mr. Mark Cooper made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve
calendar months, valued at US$15,700,000.00(Fifteen Million Seven Hundred
Thousand Dollars )in my branch upon maturity. I sent a rountine notification
to his
forwardingaddress but got no reply. After a month,we sent a reminder and
finally
we discovered from his contract employers,the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation that Mr. Mark Cooper died in the plane crash of 31 October

1999[withEgyptian 990] with other passengers abroad.On further
investigation, i found out that he died without making a WILL, and attempts
totrace his next of kin was fruitless.I therefore made further investigation
and discovered that Mr. Mark Cooper did not declare any next of kin or
relations in all his official documents,including his bank
deposit paperwork in my bank. This sum of US$15,700,000.00 is still in my
bank
and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of

each year. No one will ever come forward toclaim it.According to Nigerian
law, at the expiration of (five)years, the money will revert to the
ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the
fund.Consequently,my proposal is that i will like you as a foreigner to
stand as the next of kin to Mr. Mark Cooper so that the fruit of this old
man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt Government
officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full
name
and address so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits which will put you in place as the next of kin.We shall employ
the service of two attorney for the Drafting and Notarization of the WILL
and obtain the ecessary documents and letter of probate/administration in
your favour for the transfer.Any bank

account in any part of the world which you will provide will then facilitate
the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money
will be paid into your account for us to share in ratio of 60% for me and
40% for you. Take Note: There is no risk at all, the paperwork for this
transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch
Manager guarantees the successful execution of ths

transaction. If you are interested,please reply immediately via the private
email
address below,upon your responce,i shall provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please
observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction
would
be most profitable for both of us because i shall require your assistance
to invest my share in your country. Please if this proposal satisfies you
upon the reciept of this mail message, send to me the following to enable
start the process of the fund into your bank account:

1. Your full Name and address
2. The name of your bank where you want the fund to be
transfered into, Account beneficiary
3. Your private Telephone and fax numbers
Awaiting your urgent reply via my Email:harison_500@yahoo.com
Thanks and regards
Dr Daniel Dike
MANAGER ( FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA Plc.)

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