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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. JUKSE MAKER" <maker_jukse@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:22:42 +0400
Subject: Hello Dear...

From Mr.Jukse Maker
National Bank of Dubai
Ras Al-Kaimha, branch U.A.E
Emails: juksemaker@myway.com , mrjukse@yahoo.com.au

My Dear friend,
I got to know of you in search for a reputable and
reliable person to assist me in an urgent need
requiring utmost trust and confidentiality, while
browsing the internet after I have decided on what to
do as regards to the matter. I am Mr.Jukse Maker, the
branch manager, National Bank of Dubai (NBD) Ras Al-Kaimha,
U.A.E. I am writing this letter to ask for your
support and co-operation to carry out this business
opportunity in my department. My name is Mr.Jukse
Maker, the regional manager of National Bank of Dubai
(NBD) Dubai in United Arab Emirates, Middle East
region of Asia.
I am a Norwegian citizen, married with three
children. I have packaged a financial transaction that
will benefit both of us. As a branch manager of the
bank, it’s my duty to send financial reports to my
head office in the city of Dubai U.A.E.
On the course of the last year 2003 end of the year’s
report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the
manager made Eight million three hundred thousand Euros.
(Euro.8, 300,000.00E) of which my head office is
not aware of and will never be aware of. I have since
then PLACED this fund on a SUSPENCE ACCOUNT in another
BANK in EUROPE. Without a beneficiary. As an
officer of the branch, I cannot be directly connected
to this money thus I am compelled to request for your
assistance to receive this money into your bank
account. Upon your response, i shall provide to you
their web-page and also how you can register with them
and open an online account in which they will use to log in
the fund into your account.
I intend to give 20% of this fund to you, 5% for expences made by both of us while 75% shall be for me. I do need to assure you that there is practically no risk involved in this. It’s going to be
a bank-to-bank transfer .All I need from you is to
stand as the original depositor of this fund.
If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely
response to any of those emails above.
With best regards,
Mr.Jukse Maker.

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