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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: "kenneth emeka" <fransco04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kemeh@mail.com
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:58:11 +0000
Subject: Re

Dear Friend,
I am Mr. Kenneth Emeka, Bank Manager of ZenithBank,Lagos, Nigeria.
I have urgent and veryconfidential businessproposition for you.On June 6,
1997, a Foreign Oilconsultant/contractorwith the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation,Mr.MichaelAllison made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit fortwelve
calendarmonths, valued at US$36,500,000.00, (Thirty-sixMillion, fivehundred
thousand Dollars) in my branch.Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification
to hisforwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, wesent areminder and finally we discovered from his
contractemployers,the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
thatMr.MichaelAllison died from an automobile accident. On
furtherinvestigation, Ifound out that he died without making a WILL, and
allattempts to tracehis next of kin was fruitless.I therefore made further
investigation and discoveredthat Mr.Michael Allison did not declare any kin
orrelations in all hisofficial documents, including his Bank
Depositpaperwork in myBank. No one will ever come forward to claim
it.According to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5(five) years,the money
will revert to the ownership of the NigerianGovernmentif nobody applies to
claim the fund.Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you asan
Foreigner to stand in as the owner of the money .

I am writingyou because I as a public servant (Manager with thebank), i
cannot operate aforeign account or have an account that is more than$1m.I
want to present you as the next of kin to theaccount so you can be able to
claim the with the helpof my attorney. This issimple. I will like you to
provide immediately yourfull names and address so that the Attorney will
prepare the necessary documentswhich will put you inplace as the as the next
of kin to Mr.Michael Allison. Note that 65% ofthe total fund will be for
me,5% for any expensesincured by both partieswhile the remaing 30% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for thistransaction will be
done by theAttorney and this will guarantees the successfulexecution of this
transaction.If you are interested, please reply immediately viamy email
address .

Upon your response, I shallthen provide you with more details and
relevantdocuments that will help you understand thetransaction.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and restassured that this transaction
would be most profitablefor both of us because I shall require your
assistanceto invest my share inyour country.(Buying of properties like
houses, hotelsetc)

Awaiting your urgent reply via my email

Thanks and regards.

Mr.Kenneth Emeka
Bank Manager,Zenith Bank International Plc.
Reply to: kemeh@mail.com

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