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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: "Barrister. Paul Harden" <harden1@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: harden2@zwallet.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:01:18 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend(URGENT)

Paul Harden & Co
Swan Centre, Fishers Lane
Chiswick London, W4 1RX. UK.
Email:- harden1@zwallet.com

Dear Friend,

I am writing you this proposal on behalf of my chambers. I got your information through my personal search for a honest person whom i will work with,hence I decided to seek your veiws if you will work with me, due to the sensitivity of this transaction a
nd my position as a lawyer.

I am Barrister Paul Harden from UK, representing Mr. Martin Greenberg, a foreign, Engineer by profession, who died since 1999, in an Egypt Air crash, on the 31st October along with other passengers on board.

Before his death, he has a huge sum of (US$25.5) which no other person knew about, he intended to invest in Southern part of Africa. This fund has NO other beneficiary and I have the original documents of Deposit/claim certificate to claim the money of w
hich the amount

involved is (US$25.5M) Twenty Five Millions five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.

The fund is rigth now under the custody of a Security Company, which I will not like to disclose at the moment until I confirm your willingness to assist me in this project.

Early this year, the Security Company sent me a letter, since I was his lawyer, asking me to present his NEXT OF KIN, to enable them release the said funds.

My disire is to be able to source a foreign partner who is honest and trustworthy

individual,so that I can present to the Security Company as the NEXT OF KIN of the Late Mr. Greenberg so that the fund can be release to him/her.

If you are willing to assist me in this transaction, your compensation will be (20% ), while I receives (70%) and the balance of (10%) for taxes and other miscellaneous expenses.

This transaction is 100% risk free provided you treat the transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality and also with my position as Esquire, I will perfect all the necessary documents on your name as soon as you are ready to do this deal with me.


Endeavour to email me the following information at harden2@zwallet.com

Names, Address, Phone and Fax Numbers, Age, Sex, Marital Status and Occupation.


Thank you and God Bless,

Barrister. Paul Harden
ATTORNEY -AT- LAW

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