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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "UNION BANK" <contactdirect1@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: union_bank.plc@sify.com
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 15:23:11 +0100
Subject: UNION BANK PLC SE LONDON UK


FROM THE DESK OF MARTIN BROWN
HEAD OF FOREIGN OPERATIONS
UNION BANK PLC SE LONDON UK
TEL FAX 44-70457-16526

Dear Valued Customer

This is to notify you that this bank has been directed to wire the sum
$25.5m to your account this directive came from out corresponding bank
in Nigeria UNION BANK NIGERIAN PLC it was due to the latest development
by the new government to pay all the outstanding fund due to all the
foreigner that there fund has been trapped here in Nigeria for one
reason or the order and this bank is fully aware of the several
attempt that you have made to get your fund but all to no avail and
all the money you have spent in this transaction base on this the
federal government lost confident in our corresponding bank and ask us

from UK bank here to release the wire to you without no delay and also

all the security company in charge to summit all the document of your
fund to us for easy payment of your fund to you In view of this you
are hereby required as a matter of urgency to forward to us the
following information

I FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
2 TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3 BANK NAME AND ADDRESS WHERE THE FUND WILL BE WIRED TO
4 YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER
5 THE ACCOUNT NAME
6 A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT
7 YOUR AGE AND YOUR NEXT OF KIN

As soon as we receive your information we shall therefore process and
wire your fund immediately for your information we just have few days
to complete this excise as it is not our primary obligation you are
then advice to get back to us as matter of urgency
Looking forward to hear from you
Regard
MARTIN BROWN

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