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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: green_watt@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:37:19 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I=20CAN=20TRUST=20YOU?=

DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS GREEN WATT AND I WAS BORN ON THE 1ST OF OCTOBER 1945,THAT MAKES
ME 59 YEARS THIS YEAR.

I WAS NOT BORN WITH THE PROVERBIAL SILVER SPOON.AND YEARS OF POVERTY AND
HUNGER PROVIDED,ME A PLATFORM TO STRIVE TO SUCCEED IN LIFE AND THIS I MUST
CONFESS I DID,ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP.IN DOING SO I PROMISED MY SELF TO NEVER
SHOW LOVE OR MERCY TO ANYONE,AND THIS I DID WITH HATERED IN MY HEART AND
NO LOVE.

OVER THE YEARS,I MADE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE,I NEVER
MARRIED,BUT HAD CHIDREN TWO BOYS WHOM I JUST HAD TO TOLERATE FOR I WAS TOLD
THEY HAD MY BLOOD FLOWING IN THEIR VEINS.I CAN NOT REMEMBER EVER FEELING
LOVE FOR THEM.AND THIS ATTTUDE I ALSO SHOWED TO ANY ONE FOR I BELIEVED THAT
THEY JUST WANT TO BE WITH ME FOR THE MONEY.AND I ALWAYS ASKED MY SELF WHERE
THEY WERE WHEN I WAS HUNGRY AND CRYING AS A CHILD.I SWORE NEVER TO SHOW
LOVE TO ANY ONE.

ONE YEAR AGO I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND WITH ALL MY WEALTH AND POWER,NOTHING
AND NO ONE CAN SAVE ME.WHEN I WAS TOLD OF MY ILLNESS,A SUDDEN CALM TOOK
OVER ME AND I FOUND MYSELF FULL OF TEARS AND REGRET FOR MY LIFE FLASHED
BEFORE ME,LIVING ME PERPLEXED. AND THERE AND THEN I RESOLVED TO MAKE AMENDS
FOR ALL THE PAIN I CAUSED EVERYONE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.

SO I DECIDED TO SET UP A TRUST FUND FOR THE NEEDY.AND I MADE MY SONS THE
SIGNATORY TO THE ACCOUNT,LEAVING THEM WITH THE RESPONSIBILTY OF DISBURSING
FUNDS TO ORGANISATIONS OF MY CHOICE.NOW I HAVE RELIABLE INFORMATION THAT
MY WISH HAS NOT BEEN CARRIED OUT AS I INSTRUCTED.FOR MY OWN FLESH AND BLOOD,HAVE
CONSPIRED TO STEAL WHAT I ASKED THEM TO GIVE TO THE NEEDY.

NOW I HAVE DECIDED THAT I WILL GET SOMEONE THAT CAN HELP ME DISBURSE THE
FUNDS WORTH US$15 MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS IN A TRUNK BOX IN A SECURITY
COMPANY IN EUROPE. THIS FUNDS WILL BE GIVEN TO CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS
OF MY CHOICE.

I WANT TO STATE HERE THAT THIS PERSON WILL RECEIVE A 30% OF US$15 MILLION
FROM ME .AS MY ILLNESS GRADUALLY EATS DEEP IN ME,I NEED SOMEONE THAT WILL
BE MY EYES.ALL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE WHEN U GET IN TOUCH WITH ME,YOU
WILL RECEIVE INSTUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO.THIS IS A CRY FOR HELP AND I NEED
A HAND TO EASE THE PAIN.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.PLEASE IF YOUR INTERESTED
PLEASE YOU CAN CONTACT ME URGENTLY THROUGH ABOVE E MAIL ADDRESS.

LET US JOIN HANDS AND HELP THE NEEDIES AND LESS PRIVILEDGED IN THE SOCIETY,THIS
IS VERY LEGITIMATE , NO RISK IS INVOLVED AT ALL. AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM
YOU, I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO MY LAWYER WHO WILL HELP TO FASCILITATE THIS
TRANSACTION. OR YOU SEND IT TO MY ALTERNATIVE E MAIL ADDRESS THUS: green_watt@voila.fr
.

GREEN WATT




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