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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: vincent carlos <vincent_carlos006@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:52:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSES.


ATTN SIR.
I am of the office of the Auditor General STANDARD bank in SOUTH Africa, during the course of our auditing, we discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1998 nobody has operated this account again, after going through some old files in the records, I discovered that the owner of the account , died without a [heir] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. DAREL COLE, a foreigner, and a sailor, died since 1998. and no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it,
We will start the first transfer with ten million million [$10m] upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account. The amount involved is (USD 30M) thirty million United States Dollars, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be
approved to a local person here, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because the money is in us DOLLARS, you are the first and the only person that I am contacting about this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take if you are inrested. Send also your private telephone and fax number for easy
communication. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine. because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response. I need your strong assurance that you will never, never let me down.With my influence and the position of the bank official we can transfer this money to any foreign reliable account which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing. The bank official will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place or persons.
I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have to incurred during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply.
REGARDS,
DR.VINCENT CARLOS.



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