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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: "segun Agbaje" <bank212@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: segunbank@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 07:05:44 -0700
Subject: Attn:Friend

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr Segun Agbaje, the Deputy Managing Director of COMMERICAL
BANK OF AFRICA. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my
bank with account number 14-255-2004/utb/t who perished in a plane crash
Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers aboard on August6,1997.
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 USD.28.5m,[twenty eight 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 more than Six
years,because money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed
after this period. I will give you 25% 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 finalizedwithin 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 to my private
mail box,(segunbank@netscape.net) signifying your decision.Including
your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.

Respectfully submitted,

Mr Segun Agbaje





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