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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: "COMETH BANK PLC." <jennifer@comethbankplc.org>
Reply-To: jenniferdan@myway.com
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 10:03:13 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL & REPLY URGENTLY....

From the Desk of:



MRS JENNIFER DAN.
CREDIT AND FOREIGN DEPARTMENT
Cometh International Bank Plc
MARINA- BRANCH, LAGOS.

ATTN:Sir/madam,

My name Is Mrs Jennifer Dan the manager,credit and foreign bills of Cometh
International Bank Plc.
I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account number
14-255-004/utb/t who perish in the plane crash OF 31 OCTOBER 1999[with
EGYPTIAN AIRLINE 990]with other passengers aboard as you can comfirm it
yourself through this WEB SITE.

http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html 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$.9.5 m, [Nine million five hundred thousand united states
dollars] which has been with my 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 In view of this I got your contact
through a Business journals after realizing that your name and country is
similar to the deceased.

I will give you 40% of the total. Upon the receipt of your response, I will
send you by fax or e-mail the application, bank's fax number and the next
step to take. 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
fund transfer can be finalized with in five banking days, 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
1. Your full names
2. Your full address.
3. Your phone and fax numbers including mobile phone if any.for quick
communication.

Respectfully submitted,

Mrs Jennifer Dan

(manager)


Cometh International Bank Plc

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