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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: "des morgan" <desmorgan010@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: desmorgan011@yahoo.de
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:26:14 -0400
Subject: Mr.Desmond Morgan

Mr.Desmond Morgan
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
Plot 55 Wharf Road,Apapa.
Lagos-Nigeria.

Attn:Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr.Desmond Morgan, the manager, credit and foreign bill of
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc.

I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account
number14-255-2004/gtb/t whose name was Late Mr.Lee Green,who perished in a
plane crash [Korean Air Flight 801]which
crashed in Guam on Wednesday August 6,1997with the whole passengers aboard.

Note, for your perusal you can view this website
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/

Since the demised of this 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 US$10.5M, [Ten 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 or her 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 funds to stay
more than eight years,because funds will be recalled to the bank treasury as
unclaimed after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal and decided to
contact you and I will give you 30% of the total sum,Upon the receipt of
your response,I will send you by fax or e-mail the
Application Letter and other necessary documents which you will use to apply
in the bank and the next step to take in respect to this transaction.

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 funds 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 your
decision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.

Respectfully submitted.
Mr.Desmond Morgan

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