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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "ruth rusanganwa" <ruth4god_20@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:45:38 +0000
Subject: UGRENT REPLY NEEDED

Mrs Ruth Rusanganaw
Branch Manager,
Hallmark Bank Plc
Abuja, Nigeria

Dear Robinson,

Mrs Ruth Rusanganaw is my name.The manager to the above Bank,though I don't
know you neither have I seen you before but my confidence was reposed on
you when my friend working with Cincinnatia chambers of Commerce and
Industry Ohia-USA, handed me your contact for a confidential Banking
business.The intended business is thus; We had a customer,a Foreign resident
in Nigeria, he was a Contractor with one of the Chevron oil companies in
Nigeria.He has in his Account in my branch the sum of USD15,000,000 (Fifteen
Million).Unfortunately, the man died three years ago until today non of his
next of kin has come forward to claim the money. Having noticed this.

I,in collaboration with two other top Officials of the bank have covered up
the account all this while. Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be
fronted as one of his next of kin and forward your account and other
relevant documents to be advised to you by us to attest to the Claim. We
will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up the
claims. The whole procedures will last only (14)working days to get the fund
retrieved successfully without trace even now or in future. Your
response/Acceptance is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all
necessary Legal Documents to back-up.

As soon as this message comes to you,kindly get back to me indicating your
interest, then I will furnish you with the whole procedures to ensure that
the deal is successfully concluded. For your assistance we have agreed to
give you twenty five percent (25%) of the Total sum at the end of the
transaction while 65% would be for my colleagues and I and the remaining 10%
would be for any form of expenses that may be incurred during the course of
the transaction which would be given to us when the money is transferred
into your account before splitting the balance on the agreed percentage of
65% to 25%. In order to get all the legal documents from the court, kindly
send the following information to us immediately.

Your full name, telephone, mobile and fax numbers,address where you may wish
to receive any Hard core Documents via courier service,as well as a scanned
of your international passport and Driving License.

I await your earliestresponse.

Thanks in Anticipation.
Mrs Ruth Rusanganaw

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