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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.MOHAMED YAYA" <mohamed_yaya2005@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mohamed_yaya17@walla.com
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 00:51:58 +0200
Subject: Request for Assistance!

Mr.Mohamed Yaya(Regional Director)
Magnum Trust Security Company Sarl
Dakar-Senegal.
Subject:Request for Assistance!
Hello!!
I wish this my proposal will not come to you as a
surprise. I am Mr.Mohamed Yaya, a Regional Director
with Magnum Trust Security Company Sarl with regional
office in Dakar-Senegal.
We had a foreign client (Mohamed Mohd Salaheldin)who
deposited a huge
sum of amount, US$25.5million US.Dollars. with our
Company. Unfortunately,this client was among the
victims of EGYPTAIR FLIGHT NO.990 that crashed on the
31-10-1999in U.S.A. However, they were given a
ceremonial mass burial near the crash site.Confirmable
from the below

websites:
www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
www.fas.org/irp/news/1999/10/
www.ntsb.gov/events/EA990/default.htm

But, since then we have not had any body to come for
the claims as the next of kin. A sitaution I have
monitored closely with my position in the Company.
Now, having monitored this deposit and managed it over
the years before his death, and hence nobody has
showed up as the next of kin for the past five years
plus, I have removed the file to my "private vault".

I now solicit for your assistance to present you as
the next of kin as every otherarrangement has being
concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner
toenable me move the funds to his account. This does
not have any risk attachedto it as all the internal
documentations would be handled by me and every
loopholes sealed off. I therefore request you to
confirm your interest by a return message and I will
furnish you with the full details and what to do
concerning this deal. What you stand to gain(%)would
be discussed and it is egotiablebefore the deal
commences.

Believing to hear from you soonest.
Kind regards,
Mr Mohamed Yaya.
N:B:If interested please send your personal telephone
and fax numbers. Thanks for your future assistance.

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