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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: "koroma grey" <koromagrey@msn.com>
Reply-To: g1koroma@myway.com
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:27:07 +0000
Subject: business Assistact and your urgent response

>From Mr.Solo Eze
The Director of credit and foreign payment (CFP)
Stantard Trust Bank Plc,
Tel+234-1-4732157

My Dear,

I am Mr.solo Eze the Director of credit and foreign payment of the Stantard
Trust Bank Plc (Stantard Trust Bank Plc).I am writing in respect of a
foreign customer of my bank with account number 14-255-2004/EB/T who
perished in the Kenyan air-crash with the whole passenger aboard. Since the
demise of this our customer, I personally have watched with keen interest to
see the next-of-kin who will come to claim his funds of $18.5MUSD which has
been in my bank for a very long time;however nobody has shown up, hence this
letter to you.

On this note,I approach you to submit your particulars through me as the
next-of-kin so that with you contact in the bank I can process it and
themoney will leave to any account you will provide. The banking regulations
here do not allow such money to stay more than 4 years after this period of
time, the bank would usually recall the money to the treasurer. In view of
this, I will give you 30% of the total sum after a successful conclusion of
the transaction. Any expenses incurred by both parties in course of this
transaction shall be refunded from 5% set aside for this purpose.I shall
need the following from you:

1.An account where the fund will be transferred.

2.Your private telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.

3.A copy of your Photograph for the applications in the bank.

Finally be informed that the entire transaction is risk-free. Upon the
receipt of the above quirements, we hope to be through with the transaction
in 14 working days. Besides,I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you and myself from any breach of
the law. I hope you will welcome this lifetime opportunity, if so please get
back to me in confirmation of your good interest through my
e-mail:(email:g1koroma@myway.com)to enable us discuss further.

Thanks in anticipation of your kind co-operation
Best regards,
Mr.solo Eze.

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