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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. Seif Zilk" <seifzilk1@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:07:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: A beneficial proposal for you



Hello My Dear,

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.

I am Mr. Seif Zilk Lome Togo, and work with one of the leading banks in the West Africa. Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the past 5 years which belongs to an American national, late Mr. Morris Thompson who died on Alaska Airlines Flight 261 with his family (his wife and their only daughter).

For more details about the deceased, you can check on these websites.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

When I discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system investigation and discovered that non of the family member nor relations of the late person is aware of this account. This is the story in a nutshell.

Now I want an account overseas where the bank will transfer this funds. Thereafter, I had planned to destroy all related documents for this account. It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation. The total amount in this account at the moment plus the accumulated interest stands at-(US$9.5million US dollars).

Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor/Finance this transfer.

Finally, it is my humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.

Please consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Call me on this direct line :- (+228 946 1468), after sending a mail to this email account, seif.zilk1@fastermail.com for confirmation. I also demand your private Telephone and Fax numbers for faster communication.

Respectfully yours,
Mr.Seif Zilk.

Tel: +228 946 1468
E-mail: seif.zilk1@fastermail.com






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