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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: "murphy" <asaban_1@handbag.com>
Reply-To: murphy03_emeka@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:14:23 +0000
Subject: astra investment opportunity!!!!!!

Murphy Emeka
Astra Bank Plc
Plot607 Adeola Odegun,
Victoria Island,
Lagos, Nigeria.
Tel Phone234-80-3391-2544
ATTN:Sir/Madam,
My name is Mr.Murphy Chukwuemeka, the manager, credit and foreign bills of
AstraBank Plc. 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 August 6, 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.20.5 m, [twenty 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 nine years,because
money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed
after this period.
I will give you 40% of the total sum for your assistance and for
providing an account that will facilitate the transfer of this fund while
50%percent of my share will be invested in your country and the remaining
10%percent is to settle and offset any incurred expenses made by both of
us(Even up to telephone bills etc) on the course of transfering this fund
into your account.
Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by e-mail the
application letter 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 within 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
yourdecision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick
communication.
Respectfully submitted,
Murphy Chukwuemeka
Alternate E-mail Addres murphyemeka@myway.com



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