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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: "PEDRO SANCHEZ" <pedrosanchez@email.cz> (may be fake)
Reply-To: pedrosanchez@lycos.de
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 06:19:35 +0100
Subject: Greetings.

Date: 15/04/2005

Greetings,

Transfer of Title Enquiry: Banco De Espana

My name is Pedro Sanchez .I work as an executive partner for the firm Banco Espanol de Credito, S.A.(BANESTO).Investment Brokers and Security Consultants in Spain.
We were conducting an end of year consolidated financial statement for the year ending March, 2005 , under conjunctional agreement with BANCO DE ESPANA.This notario enquiry involves a client who shares your surname and also the circumstances surrounding investments made by this client at BANK DE ESPANA GROUP.

A Commercial and Investment arm of the parent Bank.It was brought to our knowledge that the aformentioned client died in testate and nominated no next of kin to the title over the investments made with the Bank.We came to know of you via the Spanish Global.Database.Center(S.G.D.C.) Hence we are making this contact.The essence of this communication with you is to request that you provide us with information on 3 KEY issues.

1. Are you aware of any relative/relation who's last contact address was Brussels, Belgium?
2. Who shares a similiar name ?
3. Who's date of birth on file was 27/07/1932?

You are advised to get back to me if you could be of any assistance on this email address: pedrosanchez@lycos.de.

Thank-you for your time.

Best regards,

Pedro Sanchez

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