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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: Solomon Richard <srichard@katamail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 01:58:06 -0000
Subject: Golden Opportunity

Dear Sir,

I am Solomon Richard, an attorney to Gerald Welsh who died in a plane crash in 1999.My client had an
account with a branch of First National bank of South Africa, Johannesburg. The Bank discovered a
dormant Domicilliary account containing millions of dollars in the name of my client as the account holder.
Please be informed that he died in an Egypt Air Flight 990 with his wife, which crashed into the Atlantic
Ocean on October 31 1999 exactly 5yrs ago. His will with me has his wife as the sole beneficiary of his
estate.

EgyptAir Flight 990,1999 air crash(for more information
about this crash and person you can click on the link this website:
http://www.s-t.com/daily/11-99/11-02-99/d08ho174.htm
His account application carried his wife name as the next of kin, but unfortunately, she also died in the
Air crash. I was contacted by the bank, as his attorney to search for a relative as next of kin who will lay
claims to his funds. Being a foreign gold merchant in the in South Africa before his death, no one is
aware of any relatives of his. As the normal banking procedure, any funds that have been left unclaimed
over a period of 5yrs will automatically be forfeited to the Government, hence my reason in soliciting your
assistance to work with me in the claim of this fund.

I will appreciate your cooperation in this regard. I have the necessary information needed in order to claim
this money. I want to assure you that the transaction is without risk if due Process is followed (the
legalization of the claim).Please, Should this proposal interest you, you should send to me your phone
and fax number for more information on solomonrichard@katamail.com only.


I Look forward to hearing from you.

Regards
Solomonn Richard

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