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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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  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "MR KENNEDY IBRU" <ibru_kennedy@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:42:14 +0000
Subject: Dear Sir\ Madam

FROM THE DESK OF MR KENNEDY IBRU,
REGIONAL MANGER UNION BANK OF AFRICA,
SOUTHERN REGION OF LAGOS NIGERIA,
ADESHINA STREET IJESHA
LAGOS NIGERIA

Dear Sir\ Madam

My name is MR KENNEDY IBRU,I am the Regionalmanager of UNION BANK OF
AFRICA,LAGOS branch in the SOUTHERN Region of NIGERIA.I am married with two
lovely kids. I am a man of peace and I don't want problems, I onLY hope you
can assist me. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you
and I, as the Regional manager of UNION BANK OF AFRICA my duty to send in a
financial report to my head office in the Capital city ABUJA at the end of
each Business Year.On the course of the last year2004 Business Report, I
discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made one million five
hundred and twenty housand US Dollars ($1,520,000.00) which my head office
are not aware of and will never beaware of. I have placed this fund on what
we call escrow call account with no beneficiary.

As an officer of this Bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so
my aim of contacting you to assist me receive this money in your Bank
account and get 30% of the total fund as commission though i negotiable.

There are pratically no risk involved, it will be a Bank to Bank Transfer,
all I need from you is to stand claim as the Original depositor of this
funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order
the transfer to your designated Bank account.if you accept to work with me
I will appreciate it very much. Write me if you think we can work together
so that we can go over the details, Thank you in advance and may God
bless.

MR KENNEDY IBRU
REGIONAL MANGER UNION BANK OF AFRICA
SOUTHERN REGION of NIGERIA,
LAGOS.

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