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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: frank_olisa@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:00:44 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOUR=20RESPONSE=20NEEDED?=

STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC
12, ISOLO WAY IN'T AIRPORT,
LAGOS, NIGERIA,
TELEPHONE -+23401-480-0050
TELEPHONE -+23480-5617-2543
FAX- +23401-493-7712
EMAIL- frankolisa_mail@hotmail.com

DEAR SIR/MAM,

MY NAME MR. FRANK OLISA, THE MANAGER CREDIT OF FOREIGN BILLS
OF STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC. I AM WRITING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER
OF MY BANK WITH ACCOUNT NUMBER 14-255-2005/UTB/T WHO DIED IN AN AUTO-MOBILE
ACCIDENT WITH OTHER PASSENGERS ABOARD, SINCE THE DEATH OF THIS CUSTOMER
I PERSONALLY HAVE 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$ 18.5M,
(EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) HAS BEEN WITH
MY BANK 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 FOUR YEARS, BECUASE AFTER
FOUR YEARS THE ACCOUNT WILL BE DECLARED DORMANT AND THE MONEY FORFEITED
TO THE BANK

IN VIEW OF THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT
THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER. I AGREED THAT 40% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR
YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER IN RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT, WHILE 50% WILL
BE FOR ME AND THE REMAINING 10% WOULD BE FOR ANY EXPENSES MADE IN THE PROCESS
OF TRANSFERING THE FUND. THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR INVESTING
MY SHARE OF THE FUND.

THERFORE TO FACILITE THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT
AS ARRANGED YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS A RELATION TO THE DECEASED
INDICATING YOUR BANK NAME, YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, YOUR PRVATE TELEPHONE
NUMBER, FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE THE MONEY WILL
BE REMITTED UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL
THE APPLICATION AND THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR
NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100% HITCH FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTIAN
ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN MAND FOR THE TRANSFER
YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER ON
MY PRIVATE EMAIL WHICH IS- frankolisa_mail@hotmail.com

TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST.

YOURS RESPECTFULL
MR. FRANK OLISA.





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