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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: "rose godwin" <rosegodwin@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rosegodwin2005@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:35:51 -0400
Subject: FROM MRS ROSE GODWIN

STANDARD TRUST BANK NIGERIA PLC
ILUPEJU,LAGOS.NIGERIA.

I am Mrs, Rose Godwin ,an Auditor with my bank, Standard Bank of Nigeria plc
here in Ilupaju,Lagos Nigeria.I am writing following an oppurtunity in my
office that will be of imense benefit to both of us.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of £10.5million British
Pounds Sterling (Ten million five hundred thousand British Pounds) in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris
Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his
wife and only daughter.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin or relatves to come over and claim his money because the Bank cannot
release the funds unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation
to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only daughter
died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of
this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I
and two other officials,the Accountant and our bank's Lawyer now decided to
do business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin or
beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for it and we don’t want this money to go back into
Government treasury as unclaimed bill.

We agreed that 20% of this money will be for you as foreign partner,while
the ballance will be for me and my colleagues.I will visit your country for
the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this
money gets into your account. Please be honest to me and trust is our
watchword in this transaction.

Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you receive
this mail you should contact me by return mail.
Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these
funds to you has been finalised. We will discuss much in details when I do
receive your response.

Please in your response include your telephone number and contact address so
that I can give you a call to explain better.


NB:MY DIRECT EMAIL: ( rosegodwin2005@yahoo.co.in )


Best regards
Mrs, Rose Godwin.

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