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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: charlesrhodes1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:24:58 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATTN/Sir=2C?=

Dear Sir,

I am the manager of Foreign Account Department of First National Bank Of
South Africa ( FNB). I am writing you this letter to ask for your support
and co-operation to carry out this transaction. We discovered an abandoned
Sum of US$15Million (Fifteen Million U.S Dollars) in an account that belonged
to one of our foreign customer who died in Dec 26th 2003 in a plane crash
in Cotonou- Benin. Visit the below web page for more information.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html

Since this development, we have advertised for his next of kin or any close
relation to come forward to claim this money, but nobody came to apply for
the money.

To this effect, I and two other officials in my department have decided
to look for a trusted foreign partner who can stand in as the next of kin
to the deceased and claim this money. We need a foreign partner to apply
for the claim because of the fact that the customer was a foreigner. And
we dont want this money to go into the bank's unclaimed fund account. Every
document to affect this process will emanate from my table and I will perfect
every document s to be in accordance with the banking law and guidelines
so you have nothing to worry about.

We have agreed that 30% of the money will be for you, 10% for expenses incurred
on both sides while 60% will be for my colleagues and me. If you are going
to help me, indicate by replying this letter and putting in your bank particulars,
private telephone and fax numbers.

I await your immediate reply to enable us start this transaction in earnest.
Once I receive your reply, I will send you the text of application for immediate
application of claim.

Thanks for your anticipated assistance. for more confidentiality you can
reply through this my private e-mail account.charles_rhodes1@yahoo.it

This mail might appear to be Spam to you because of the mode of contact
without any prior relationship but a diligent search was conducted which
has led to my Contacting you in particular and you will better understand
and do this transaction with me.

Remain Blessed.

Mr.Charles Rhodes



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