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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: ben adekson <rich_benadekson@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: rich_goddy205@yahoo.ca
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 16:58:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: From The Manager Credit and foriegn Bills



From The Manager Credit and foriegn Bills
Regent Bank Nig plc
Victoris Island
Lagos-Nigeria.
E-mail: benadekson@yahoo.com
Attention: Sir/Madam,
My name is Dr.Ben Adek the Manager,Credit and Foreign bills of
Regent Bank Plc. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our
bank with account number
14-255-114 whose name is Burke Sean, an american by citizen who
perished in a plane crash[Korean
Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers aboard on August 6,1997.And
for your perusal you can
view thisweb site http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list
Since the demise of this our customer, 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$15.5M (Fiftheen Million Five
Hundred Thoudsand United States Dollars) which has been with our branch
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
Ten Years, because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as
unclaimed fund after this
period.
In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal when i
was making a research on a foreigner i will use in this great
upportunity. For your assistant i
will give you 30% of the total amount then 10% has been maped out to
donate to the motherless baby
home, while the remaining 60% will be for me and my partner. Upon the
receipt of your response, I
will send you by fax or e-mail the letter of
application which you will type sign and send back to our bank to
enable us start this
transaction.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 the smooth and easy
transfer of this fund has
been finalized, this transaction will be complited within five banking
days of recieving your
response, 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 on my personal email address: rich_goddy205@yahoo.ca
Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Ben Adek
Manager Credit and Foriegn Bills
Regent Bank Nig Plc



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