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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • davidmorgan20052005@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: david morgan <davidmorgan2005@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:19:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: davidmorgan20052005@yahoo.com

SIR,


FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS

TRANSACTION, THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS BEING

UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET. THOUGH I KNOW

THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANY ONE


APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED, BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT

ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE HAVE

DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS

TRANSACTION, AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED OF YOUR

DISCRETENESS AND ABILITY IN TRANSACTIONS OF THIS

NATURE.


LET ME START BY FIRST INTRODUCING MYSELF PROPERLY TO

YOU, I AM DR.DAVID MORGAN, DIRECTOR KEY TESTED TELEX

WIRE TRANSFER DEPT. ECO BANK OF NIGERIA I CAME TO

KNOW OF YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND

REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL

TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A HUGE SUM

OF MONEY TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT REQUIRING MAXIMUM

CONFIDENCE.


THE PROPOSITION:

A FOREIGNER, LATE Mr.Ramirez Sanchez, AN OIL

MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF

NIGERIA, UNTIL HIS DEATH FIVE YEARS AGO IN A GHASTLY

AIR CRASH, BANKED WITH US HERE AT ECO BANK OF

NIGERIA AND HAD A CLOSING BALANCE OF US$20.8M (TWENTY

MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH THE

BANK NOW UNQUESTIONABLY EXPECTS TO BE CLAIMED BY ANY

AVAILABLE FOREIGN NEXT-OF-KIN OF THE LATE BENEFICIARY

OR ALTERNATIVELY BE DONATED TO A DISCREDITED TRUST

FUND FOR ARMS AND AMMUNITION AT A MILITARY WAR COLLEGE

HERE IN NIGERIA. FERVENT VALUABLE EFFORTS ARE BEING

MADE BY THE ECO BANK OF NIGERIA TO GET IN TOUCH WITH

ANY OF THE Mr. Ramirez Sanchez FAMILY OR RELATIVES TO KNOW AVAIL.


IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT

BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF LATE Mr. Ramirez Sanchez?S

NEXT-OF-KIN (HE HAD NO KNOWN WIFE AND CHILDREN)THAT

THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR GOVERNOR AND

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ALHAJI HASSAN

BELLO, THAT AN ARRANGEMENT BE MADE FOR THE FUNDS TO BE

DECLARED UNCLAIMABLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY BE DONATED TO

THE TRUST FUND FOR ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO FURTHER

ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN

GENERAL.


IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF

MY TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION

TO HAVE YOU STAND AS A NEXT-OF-KIN TO LATE Mr. Ramirez Sanchez

SO THAT THE FUNDS, US$20.8M WOULD BE RELEASED AND PAID

INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY?S

NEXT-OF-KIN. ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROOF THAT WILL ENABLE

YOU GET THIS FUND WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AND

MORE SO WE ARE ASSURING YOU OF A 100% RISK FREE

INVOLVEMENT. YOUR SHARE STAYS WHILE THE REST WOULD BE

FOR MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES

IN YOUR COUNTRY. WE HAVE AGREED THAT, THE FUNDS WILL

BE SHARED THUS, AFTER IT HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED INTO

YOUR ACCOUNT:-


1. 30% OF THE MONEY WILL GO TO YOU FOR ACTING AS THE

BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS.

2. 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO BOTH

PARTIES

FOR ANY INCIDENTAL EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED

IN THE

COURSE OF THE TRANSFER.

3. 60% TO US THE ORIGINATORS OF THE TRANSACTION.


IF THIS PROPOSAL IS OK BY YOU AND YOU DO NOT WISH TO

TAKE UNDUE ADVANTAGE OF THE TRUST, WE HOPE TO BESTOW

ON YOU AND YOUR COMPANY, THEN KINDLY GET TO ME

IMMEDIATELY VIA MY EMAIL OR MY E-MAIL IS

FURNISHING ME WITH YOUR

MOST CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE, FAX NUMBER AND EXCLUSIVE

BANK PARTICULARS SO THAT I CAN USE THESE INFORMATION

TO APPLY FOR THE RELEASE AND SUBSEQUENT

TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS IN YOUR FAVOUR.


THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED

CO-OPERATION.


YOURS FAITHFULLY


DR. DAVID MORGAN.

DIRECTOR- KTTWD(UBA)







- david morgan

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