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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • judeibe_stbn@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Jude Ibe" <jude-ibe@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:17:04 -0800
Subject: From: MR. JUDE IBE

From: MR. JUDE IBE
Managing Director,
Standard Trust Bank Plc
Standard Plaza,Plot 716,
Bishop Adeshola Street
Victoria Island, Lagos- Nigeria
Private Email: judeibe_stbn@yahoo.co.uk
Our Ref: STBN/FCP/FGN/XX1/05

Date: 17th October, 2005

Dear Sir,

How are you, your family and business? Hope fine.

My name is MR. JUDE IBE, I am the Managing Director of Standard Trust Bank
Plc, Lagos Branch, I got your information on a recent bank conference with
other West African countries and the World Bank Auditors sitted in Abuja, I
write you this proposal in good faith; I am 40 years old married with three
(3) children. I am a devoted Christian and a man of peace.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and me, as the
Managing Director of this bank, it is 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 2004 business report, I discovered that my branch
made Five Million, Two Hundred and Twenty Thousand United State Dollars
($5,220,000.00) which my head office are not aware of and will never be
aware of.

I have placed this funds 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 is to assist me receive this money
in your bank account and get 35% of the total funds as commission.

There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer,
and all I need from you is to STAND CLAIM as the ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR of these
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. You get back
to me immediately so that we can go over the details.

Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family.

Yours truly,

MR. JUDE IBE
Managing Director, Standard Trust Bank PLc.

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