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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: "Dr John P Wilson" <glay_ne@emailaccount.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: j_pw@emailaccount.com
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:22:08 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I am the confidant of the ex-president of the philippines(Mr.Joseph.E.
Estrada) who was removed from power as you may know.
He has secretly in formed me to contact you and to liase with
you to invest the sum of $10M (TenMillion Dollars)
which he deposited in a bank during his tenure.

Now the proceedures are that you will be given the contact of the bank
so that you will contact them to open an account online where the money
will be transfered into from his account since he can not come out in
the open to use this money. After you open this account, I will order
the bank in a written form to transfer the money into your own
account afetr which you can then transfer it to some other
account in your place for sharing.

Upon request by you I can send to you the certificate of deposit of this
amount for your assurance.
We are willing to conceed up to 30% of the total sum to you for all the
anticipated help from you hoping that it will cover all your
expenditures before and after the transaction.
However, we will desire that you will help us invest our share till we
will be free to meet you up in your country for futher talks,Please if
this proposal is Ok by you, please write me back via this
address(j_pw@emailaccount.com)
Regards

Dr John P Wilson

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