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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: "Mr sam Eze" <mr_sameze@msn.com>
Reply-To: mr_sameze@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:13:44 +0000
Subject: WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONCE

CO-OPERATIVE BANK PLC
FROM: MR.SAM EZE (Cheif Accountant)


URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED
Compliment of the season.

First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by Virtue
of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret.Though I know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
We have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as we
have been reliably informed of your discreetness and ability in transaction
of this nature.

Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am MR. .SAM EZE the
Chief Accountant with the CO-OPERATIVE BANK PLC. I came to know you in my
Private Search for a Reliable and Reputable Person to handle this
ConfidentialTransaction,which involves the transfer of huge sum of Money to
a Foreign Account requiring Maximum Confidence.

THE PROPOSITION:

l write in respect of a foreign customer with A/C Number:14-2558-2004,who
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261
which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and four (4) Children
leaving nobody to claim the money. You shall read more news about the crash
on visiting this site; (www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list) The
owner of this account Lat. Dr. David Clemetson an American, a great
industrialist and was a doctor who specialized in internal medicine and a
resident of of Seattle. , Banked with us at CO-OPERATIVE BANK PLC, and had a
closing balance as at the end of September, 2000 worth US$15,500,000.00
(fifteen Million five hundred thousand United State Dollars), the bank
nowexpects a next of kin as beneficiary.Valuable efforts are being made by
the CO-OPERATIVE BANK PLC to get in touch with any of the Moors family or
relatives but to no success.

It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any
of Late Dr. David Clemetson next kin (He had no relation that is know to
us). The Management under the influence of our Chairman and Members of the
Board of Directors, that arrange has been made for the fund to be declared
"Unclaimed" and subsequently be donated to the trust fund for arms and
ammunition to further enhance thecourse of War in Africa and the World in
General.

In order to avert this negative development some of my trusted colleagues
and I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to Late. Dr.
David Clemetson (Sir.) so that the fund US$15.5Million will be released and
paid into your account as the Beneficiarys next of kin. All documents and
proves to enable you get his fund will be carefully worked out.We have
secure from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of deceased
beneficiaries,and more so we are assuring you that this business is 100%
Risk Free involvement.

Your share stays while the rest be for myself and my colleagues for
investment purpose. According to agreement within both parties.

As soon as we receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business proposal, we would furnish you with the
necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to suite both parties with out
any conflict. While replying furnish me with your private fax and phone
numbers for easy communication.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not make undue advantage of the
trust we have bestowed in you and reply me through my private and
confidencail e-mail address: only.

Best regards,

MR ;SAM EZE

WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONCE

THANKS AND GOD BLESS

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