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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: "MR. HANS JUERGEN KOCH" <hansj_koch@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 00:35:25 +0000
Subject: RE: FINAL WARNING.

Attn: Your goodself.

RE: FINAL WARNING.

We at the Deutsche Bank (Cayman) Limited Cayman Islands, are writing this
letter to your goodself today, as a final warning notification for your
goodself to be in contact with this bank unfailingly within twenty four (24)
hours from the time of your receipt of this electronic mail, so as to allow
us effect our statutory obligation of having the complete funds allocated by
the Federal Ministry of Finance Nigeria on your behalf, released and
remitted into your designated bank account without further delays.

Please be of knowledge, that if we do not receive your prompt response to
this electronic mail within twenty four (24) hours from the time of your
receipt, we would have no other alternative option than to have the complete
funds allocated by the Federal Ministry of Finance Nigeria on your behalf
revoked, and your payment allocation opportunity cancelled without any
future considerations, as this letter makes our 30th notification to your
goodself.

In your response to this email, kindly re-confirm to this office your
accurate details outlined below, so as to avoid any funds
remittance/transaction errors from our International Remittance Department,
during the remittance of your complete allocated funds into your designated
bank account, and to fully ascertain that you are the true and genuine
beneficiary to this email;

A. Complete genuine legal first, middle and last name data on your
incomplete payment file with us.
B. Complete genuine legal residing address and country data on your
incomplete payment file with us.
C. Complete genuine legal company details and address data on your
incomplete payment file with us.
D. Complete funds amount data on your payment file with us.
E. Personal direct telephone/mobile/fax number(s).

Upon the receipt of the re-confirmation of the complete above outlined
details by your goodself, the process for the completion of your incomplete
payment file with us would begin in earnest, which would further effect the
prompt hitch free release and complete remittance of the funds allocated by
the Federal Ministry of Finance Nigeria on your behalf, into your designated
bank account without further delays.

Finally, all your correspondences should be directed to our direct official
email address at (hansj_koch@deutschebankint.com) only and not this
unanimous email address, for security reasons and to protect your privacy at
all time frames.

Thank you for your co-operation and understanding.

Yours sincerely,

Office of the chairman,
Mr. Hans Juergen Koch
Chairman
Deutsche Bank (Cayman) Limited
Elizabethan Square, George Town
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI
Official Direct Email: hansj_koch@deutschebankint.com
Website Address: http://www.deutschebankint.com

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