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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: "Smith Adam" <smithadam@personal.ro> (may be fake)
Reply-To: smith_adam@latinmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 05:04:42 -0800
Subject: Re: Benefactor request

From: MR ADAM SMITH
Bills & Exchange Department
Barclays Building Society
54 Lombard Street,
London EC3P 3AH.
U.K

Tel:+447031941826
Fax:+447075209858

Dear Sir,

PRIVATE AND URGENT

I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased customer's account Mr Andreas Schranner who On the 25th of July 2000, the deceased, his wife and their two Children died in the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make anyone apprehensive,I would like to assure you that we are sending you this mail with the best of intensions.

PROPOSAL;
Since then We have been trying to get this funds out of the bank, the sum of US$10,450,000.00 (Ten Million,Four Hundred and fifty Thousand United States Dollars) in an account that belongs to our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in the above accident stated above. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery,
we now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by us for the funds (US$10,450,000.00) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate court, an order of madamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;

1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.

These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made. We shall be compensating you with 20% on final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be for us.

Your share stayswith you while the rest shall be for us for investment purposes in your country.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent response to this
email:adam_smith_baclays@yahoo.co.uk
Regards,

MR ADAM SMITH

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