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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: "Mr Joseph Okoh" <mrjosephokoh@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjosephokoh@walla.com
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:53:52 -0700
Subject: urgent

>From the desk of Mr.Joseph Okoh
Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.Joseph Okoh; I am the chief Accountant of a bank here in
Nigeria. I would want to use this medium after going through your profile to
seek for assistance in a business transaction which is of mutual benefit.

A foreigner late Mr. David Soper who is from United State, an Oil
Merchant/Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death
in a ship mishap,who banked with us at our Bank and had a closing balanceof
US$21.million,which the bank now expect any of his
available next ofkin to claim.

To this regards, I have been directed by the board of Trustees of the bank
to notify the diseased next of kin, which I have done and found out that he
has no next of kin, which means that this funds will be lost to the
government,which we all know will be stolen. In order to avert this
development,myself and some of my trusted colleagues in the bank now seek
your indulgence to have you stand as late Mr.David Soper?s next of kin so
that the fund will be subsequently transferred and paid into your foreign
account.

On indicating your interest, all documents and proofs to enable you get this
funds will be carefully worked out and we are assuring you a 100% risk free
transaction. You will be allowed to retain 30% of the total amount after the
transaction. If this proposa is okay by you, and you wish to take advantage
of the trust bestowed on you reply this mail to enable me furnish you with
relevant details to this transaction.

Best regards,
Joseph Okoh.

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