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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: "Mr. Peter Chang" <ptchang@citi-group.org>
Reply-To: pttns100@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:52:34 +0000
Subject: REPATRIATION OF $30.5M


Attn: MD/CEO

RE: REPATRIATION OF $30.5M(Thirty Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars)


Following the approvals received by this office recommending for the
immediate repatriation of the above referenced fund and having been listed
in category "A" foreign creditors, you are by this notice informed that your
assistance is required in receiving the approved fund floating in an
offshore Payments Account in London.This is as result of grossly over
invoiced contracts which were
executed by a (Deceased) national of your country.

This contract was deliberately over invoiced to the tune of US$30.5m Million
Dollars.This was a deal by my committee to benefit from the project. I have
therefore been mandated as a matter of trust to look for a foreign partner
into whose account we could transfer the sum of USD30,500,000.00 (Thirt
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Us Dollars Only). We have agreed to share the
funds thus: 80% for us and 20% for account owner (you).If you are
interested,please forward the following information to :
sward@financier.com.

(1) Your Name/company's name and full address/Tel/Fax No.
(2) Your banker's name, Swift code,address, telephone and fax numbers.
(3)Your Occupation
(4) Your ID


Upon the receipt of the above details,Payment will be activated by the
feeding of your data into the payment system, followed by a signal that will
be sent to the paying bank to remit funds into your nominated bank acount.



Your swift response will be highly appreciated.
Sincerely Yours.

Peter Chang
Member Contract Awared Committee


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