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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: "Emmanuel Amos" <emmaamos001@msn.com>
Reply-To: emma_amos01@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:44:04 +0000
Subject: Compliments

CITY TRUST BANK NIG PLC.
PLOT 104 OYIN JOLAYEMI
STREET, P.O BOX 41986
VICTORIA ISLAND ,LAGOS
NIGERIA, 23401.


Good Day .


My name is Mr Emmanuel Amos, the manager of City Trust Bank Plc (CTB). 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 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/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 money to stay more than eight years, because
money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.
In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal after realizing
that your name and country is similar to the deceased. I will give you 35%
of the total.Upon the receipt of your response,name and address, I will
secure all covering papers and documents to show you are the bonafide next
of Kin 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 into an account provided by you
preferably with a zero balance can be finalized within ten banking days,
after approval from my bank endorsing you as the next of kin.

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,

Emmanuel Amos.

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