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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: richardadams2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 11:50:57 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENTBUSINESSPROPOSAL?=

Dear sir/madam,

I am Mr Richard Adams, a manager in a financial institution. This mail is
written to soliciting your assistance to be presented as next of kin to
our late customer (Full biographical background information will be provided
upon hearing
from you). He made a fixed Deposit valued at USD17M (Seventeen Million United
States Dollars Only) in our bank.. As his account officer, I have the Certificate
of Deposit, and its Agreement in his file with me.


Unfortunately he lost his life aboard Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed
into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31,1999 (View: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm).

He left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin to be contacted in case of death
on the Certificte of Deposit, CD Agreement, except some vital documents
related to the Deposit which i have in my possession.

As his account officer, The Governing Body of the bank has contacted me
on this matter and I am yet to provide the Next of Kin to lay claim to the
Fund.

Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I shall seek your consent
to be presented as the next of Kin so that our late customer's Fund will
not be confiscated
by the Government as "unclaimed/Abandoned Deposit". Every documentation
to successfully, present you as the
surviving next of kin will be arranged by me, since I have all information
on the background of this customer.

For the sake of transparency on this matter, you are free to make
immediate contact with me through my mail box:

richardadams@zipmail.com.br

for further information related to this matter, as will be able to discuss
what entitlement each of us will gain from the transaction, which cannot
be discussed at this material time.

Thank you very much for your anticipated acceptance while we expect your
prompt response.

Yours faithfully,

Richard Adams,
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