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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: "williamsoputa74@yahoo.com" <williamsoputa@tiscali.it>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:00:27 +0100
Subject: MR, WILLIAMS OPUTA,

MR, WILLIAMS OPUTA,
MANAGER, CREDIT & BILLS DEPT.
STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC
HEAD OFFICE BRANCH
LAGOS, NIGERIA
EMAIL-williams_oputa@ukrpost.net

Dear sir,

Firstly I must solicit your confidence here, I know that a transaction
Of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive but you should be assured
That at the end of it all, all concerned will smile.I decided to contact
You due to the urgency of this matter. By introduction.
I am Mr. Williams Oputa a manager with Standard Trust Bank Nigeria Plc,
Mr. Burke Sean who operate an account with Standard Trust Bank with account
number 24-661-2005/ncb/t who perished in a plane crash[Korean Air Flight
801] with the whole passengers aboard on
August 6, 1997.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list
Since the demise of this my client, I personally has watched with keen interest
to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to
claim his funds of US$9.5 m, [Nine million five hundred thousand united
states dollars] which has been with Standard Trust Bank for a very long
time.On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as
the Next of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking
ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than eight years, because
money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.In
view of this I got your contact through a trade journal after realizing
that your name and country is similar to the deceased.And with respect to
your personality, I will give you 25% of the total sum.

Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the
Application, bank's fax number and the next step to take. I will not Fail
to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should
not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized
within five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the
deceased.When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail signifying
your Decision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.

Respectfully submitted,
Williams Oputa


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