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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (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: "MR EMMANUEL" <emma_o01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: emma_okafor@excite.com
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:18:57 +0000
Subject: From Mr.Emma Okafor.

>From Mr.Emma Okafor.
Regent Bank Nig plc
The Manager Credit and foriegn Bills
Victoris Island
Lagos-Nigeria.

Dear Friend,

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable
business proposal, though I don't know you neither have I seen you before
but my confidence was responsed on you when the Chief Executive of Lagos
State chamber of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a
confidential business. I am Mr.Emma Okafor, the manager Credit and foriegn
Bills of Regent Bank Nig plc(RBNP),Ilupeju branch, LagosNigeria.

The intended business is thus; We had a customer, a Foreign resident in
Nigeria, he was a Contractor with one of the Government Parastatals.He
has in his Account in my branch the sum of US 15.5 Million (Fifteen
Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.SDollars).Unfortunately, the man died
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 five working days to get the fund retrieved successfully
without trace even now or in future.Your response is only what we are
waiting for as we
have arranged all necessary things.

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 ofexpenses 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 as well as your
resident or company address.

Thanks,
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Emma Okafor.


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