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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: "hays gerrald" <gerraldhays@141.ro>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 01:06:06 +0200
Subject: Attention.


From The Desk of Gerrald Hays

Customer service Unit
Barclays Bank London
gerraldhays@myway.com
ATTN:

RE: NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT(INHERITANCE)


This is to inform you that we have received instruction from the Union
Bank of
Nigeria, to debit their Union Trust Reserve Account with our bank and
have
your account creditted at once. This instruction, CREDTION OF $10.5M U.S
DOLLARS(INHERITANCE), yesterday afternoon and we are acting following
this
instructions. Please confirm your account details and our requirement
as
stated below for immediate remmittance of this funds into your account ;

BANK OF AMERICA
103 E 3RD AVE. MOSLEY LAKE,
WA 98837, U.S
ACCOUNT NUMBER;125000024
ROUTING NUMBER;85890911

As part of the new monetary policies of acts 1102, you are hereby
requested to
send to us the following;

1: A copy of your Identification preferably your International passport.
2: A copy of your International Transfer Payment Certificate (ITPC)


These requirements are to be sent with immediate effect to the our fax
number;
44-870-134-4451, to enable us conclude arrangments for your transfer.


Best Regards

Gerrald Hays
Customer Service Unit
Barclays Bank London.
gerraldhays@myway.com


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