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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: "Standard Trust Bank Plc. Inernational Remittance Department."
<infostandardtrustbankplc@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:43:04 +0000
Subject: STRICTLY OFFICAL

STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC
45 KINGSTON STREET,
WESTERN AVENUE ,ZONE 6
FESTAC TOWN
LAGOS-NIGERIA
TEL/FAX .+2348027704141. EXT4


01-07-2005




ATTN: MR Adnan Javed,


DEAR FUND BENEFICIARY


SIR,


This office has received your application and other viatal informations that
you supplied and after going through it was the same with what we have in
our remittance system this is to avoid any error in the transfer.

The global international lottery incorporated has issued a cheque on your
behalf therefore ordered us to transfer your money into your bank account
you can view it as on the attachment

After Our Professional computation of your bank charges, the board of
Directors resolute that you should remit the sum of Two Thousand three
hundred Dollars as your bank charges. The breakdown of the charges is stated
as thus:

1. CBN RATE------------------------------------------- US$500,
2. FOREIGN TRANSFER CHARGES ----------------US$1200,
3. MANDATORY LEVY COT\VAT------------------US$600,
Total--------------------------------------------------------US$2300.

We shall notify your bank that the money does not in any way relate to any
terrorist activity.


Furthermore Your fund transfer date has been scheduled on Tuesday the 5th
day July 2005 by 11.15am Nigeria time through our correspondent bank in
London, as we have started the programming of the transfer therefore you
should expect your money in your bank account on the 7th of this month as it
has to take 48hours to be in your bank account

We urge you to respond to this notice swiftly so as to ensure a hitch free
transfer of your fund.


Yours faithfully,

Prof Allen James,
Foreign Operations
Manager.

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