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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: "BONFREY KANE" <bonfrey_kane@tiscali.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: bonfrey_kane@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 18:19:06 +0100
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE.

DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS WILLIAMS JUDE, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT NAT WEST BANK PLC (UK).

I AM WRITTING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK (MR. JEAN GRAZIA,
OF AMERICA) WHO PERISHED IN THE PLANE CRASH OF 31 OCTOBER 1999[WITH EGYPTIAN
AIRLINE 990] WITH OTHER PASSENGERS ABOARD AS YOU CAN COMFIRM IT YOURSELF
THROUGH THE WEB SITE.


FUTHERMORE,BECAUSE OF MY SINCERE RELATIONSHIP WITH MY DECEASED COSTUMER(Ms.JEAN ALLEN),I HAVE TRIED THROUGH THICK AND TIN,VARIOUS MEANS AND ALSO PRAYED AS A CHRISTIAN TO LOCATE ANY OF HIS RELATIVE BECAUSE OF THE SOME HE DEPOSITED IN OUR BANK THROUGH HERE IN UK THROUGH A BANK IN NIGERIA.HOWEVER,ALL MY EFFORTS HAS BEEN INVAIN.I HAVE WRITTEN TO THE BANK IN NIGERIA THROUGH WHICH HE MADE THE DEPOSITE TO THIS PLACE(UK)BUT THE BANK ASKED ME TO PRESENT HIS NEXT OF KIN.AND I HAVE ALSO TRIED TO REMITE THE MONEY FROM HERE AND IT WAS MADE KNOWN TO ME THAT I MUST FIRST RECONCILE WITH THE BANK IN NIGERIA BEFORE THE DEPOSITE WILL BE RELEASED.HONESTLY,I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLYTO DO NOW SINCE THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN LONG OVER DUE TO ROLL OVER OR MELTED.


THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS ABOUT GBP 3.8M POUNDS, HAS BEEN WITH OUR BANK HERE
IN LONDON 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 PUT CLAIM
AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS FUNDS AND THE BANKING ETHICS HERE DOES NOT ALLOW
SUCH MONEY TO STAY MORE THAN FOUR YEARS, BECUASE AFTER FOUR YEARS THE MONEY
WILL BECALLED BACK TO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.

IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MY COUNTRY'S FOREIGN TRADE MISSION
AFTER I WAS CONVINCED IN MY MIND THAT YOUR NAME/COMPANY COULD BE USED AS
THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS CLAIM.

I AGREED THAT 30% OF THIS MONEY WOULD BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER IN
RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT WHILE 10% WILL TAKE OF ANY EXPENSIS THAT
MIGHT BE INCURED IN THE PROCEES OF SUCCEEDING THE TRANSFER AND THE REST
WILL BE FOR ME. THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT AS
I AM ALMOST DUE FOR RETIREMENT.

I WILL PROCEED TO NIGERIA IF I HAVE YOU CONCENT,FOR THE RECONCILATION PROCESSING OF THE DOCUMENT FOR THE FUND.

I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE
AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT AS BEEN PERFECTED FOR THE TRANSFER.



REGARDS,

BONFREY KANE.

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