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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: "Philip Oba" <philipoba10@msn.com>
Reply-To: philipoba1@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:10:08 +0000
Subject: From the Bank Manager

ATTN:Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr.philip oba, the manager, credit and foreign bills of Ecobank
Plc. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account
number 14-255-2004/utb/t who perished in a plane crash [Korean Air Flight
801] with the whole passengers aboard on August 6, 1997.
Since the demise of this our 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 usd.20.5 m, [twenty 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 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 ten years,because money
will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.

I will give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance and for providing
an account that will facilitate the transfer of this fund.
Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by e-mail the application
letter and the next step to take. 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 fund 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,

philip oba.

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