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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: "COLLINS MARK" <collinsmark@citizensb-an-kng.com>
Reply-To: collinsmark919@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:59:11 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED

From: Mr. Collins Mark.
Tel-Number: +234-1-295-5347.
Alternative Email Address: collinsmark1_1@yahoo.com


Dear Friend,

I am the MANAGER of BILLS EXCHANGE at the FOREIGEN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT of
the CITIZEN INTERNATIONAL BANK NIG. PLC. I am writing to ask for your
support and co-operation to carry out this transaction .we discovered an
abandoned SUM $17.5 MILLION {SEVENTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THUOSAND
U.S.DOLLARS} in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who
died in a plane crash with Kenya Airways flight with registration number
5Y-BEN which departed from Mozambique to destination Kenyan City and all the
passengers on-board and the flight crew, including his family died in this
fatal air crash on Saturday 19th July 2003.

since this development ,we have advertised for his NEXT OF KIN or any CLOSE
RELATION to come forward to claim this money .but nobody came to apply for
the claim, to this effect, I and two other officials in my department have
decided to look for a trusted foreign partner who can stand in as the NEXT
OF KIN to the DECEASED and claim this money ,we need a foreign partner to
apply for the claim because of the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and we don’t want this money to go into bank’s treasury as unclaimed fund.
You are free to visit the website of this plane crash on:

www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

Every document to effect this process will emanate from my table and I will
perfect, every document to be in accordance with the BANKING LAW and
GUIDELINES, so you have nothing to worry about, We have agreed that 30% of
the money will be for you, 10% for expenses incurred on both sides while 60%
will be for me and my colleagues. If you are going to help me, indicate by
replying this letter and putting in your PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.

I await your immediate reply to enable us start this transaction in earnest.
Once I receive your reply, I will send you the text of application for
immediate application of claim.
Thanks for anticipated assistance.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Collins Mark.

Note: please reply to my private Email address: collinsmark1_1@yahoo.com
Or call me on my private phone number +234-1-295-5347 in case you have any
questions.

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