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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge amount 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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • packwastebank65@yahoo.com.my
  • transferdept_packwastebank321@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Dr=20Coufer=20Jersey?= <packwastebank65@yahoo.com.my>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 17:20:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PACKWASTE BANK, UNITED KINGDON


Saya ada alamat e-mel baru!Sekarang anda boleh kirimkan saya e-mel di: packwastebank65@yahoo.com.my

From the Desk Of:

The Director Of Foreign Transfer Department

Packwaste Bank, United Kingdom.

Robin’s Comfrey Packs, SWE 47892 London.

United Kingdom.

Email: transferdept_packwastebank321@yahoo.co.uk



2th/05/2006

ATTENTION :TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:



I am Mr. Coufer.G. Jersey. I am the Director Of Foreign Transfer Department Of Packwaste Bank here in United Kingdom.



I am writing you this E-mail in accordance to your funds of 15.5 Million Dollars that was transferred into this bank from our correspondent Bank in Nigeria, which is Called Union Bank Of Nigeria. Of which was transferred in your favor as the beneficiary of the funds that you are the next of kin beneficiary to one late Mr. James Becker, which his lawyer is called Barrister Emeka Godwin.



This money was transferred into our humble office from our correspondent Bank as it was stated above, and must be transferred to you immediately we get a response from you regarding this transaction.



As it was stated from our correspondent Bank in Nigeria, they said you were supposed to have gotten this money ever since the man was dead as you were chosed as his next of kin to his funds by him. His Barrister, Godwin did brougth some documents some few weeks ago which was all placed to be in your name. After he forwarded this documents into their office there in Nigeria, they have not heard from him again and the Bank made proper arrangement and investigation to locate him for the claim of this money because he was as well as your Barrister according to the Bank, the outcome of the investigation comes out that Mr. Godwin is in a sick bed at this particular moment but the Bank could not believe that because he was the person that forwarded the documents to them, and the whole issue was so confusing and complicating that the Bank had to ask for the hospital that he is lying on and the investigation comes out to be true.



After the whole discussions with him at the hospital with the Bank Representatives, he stated that the whole money belongs to you as the beneficiary of his late client Mr. James Becker, which the Bank finds out to be true because Mr. James Becker also presented your name as his next of kin to his funds before he died, and Mr. Godwin stated that your money should be released to you immediately because his condition at the hospital this moment is harzardous as he couldn’t say anything than this, which the Bank Representative heard from him.



This has brought to the notice that has made the Bank transferred the funds into our own Bank here in United Kingdom and we must release this huge amount of money to you as soon as we hear from you.



The account informations of which the money was in before in Nigeria are 326AXAQ5778, swift code- 56479923, routine- 44638 and the Bank name is Union Bank Of Nigeria, which you know better than I do. The Validity Associated Pin (VAP) of this transfer is 54Q; Modality Officiating Schedule is (MOS) (booklet)



You are expected to get back to this humble office with the requested informations below so that we could commence on the final release and transfer of this funds.


Full Name:

Home Address:

Direct Phone #:

Scanned Identity of yourself for verification e.g Driver's License, Working Identity Card.


We shall notify you on what to do as soon as your response is acknowleged in our humble office.


I await your response.



Yours truly,



Mr. Coufer.G. Jersey.



Director Of Foreign Transfer Department.

Packwaste Bank, United Kingdom.

- Dr Coufer Jersey

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