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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: "Mr Owen Brown" <unionbankplc1@ldsliving.com>
Reply-To: mrowenbrown_b04@live.com
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:40:40 -0700
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MR OWEN BROWN


FROM THE DESK OF MR OWEN BROWN
HEAD OF FOREIGN OPERATIONS
UNION BANK PL C SE LONDON UK

Attn:

This is to notify you that this bank has been directed to wire the sum
$25.5m to your account.. this directive came from our 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 some foreigners
that has their fund trapped out there in Nigeria for one reason or the other
..

This bank have been fully informed of the several attempt that you have made
to get your fund but all to no avail including your hard earned money you
have spent in cause of 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 offices in charge of your payment has summited
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 TELPHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3 BANK NAME AND ADDRESS WHERE THE FUND WILL BE WIRED TO
4 YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER AND YOU ACCOUNT NAME
5 A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT AND YOUR AGE AND YOUR NEXT OF KIN

As soon as we receive your information we shall therefore process and wire
your fund immediately .

Note that 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
MR OWEN BROWN

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