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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: "peter kahle" <kahlekahn2005@prosport.ro>
Reply-To: privatemailbox@k.ro
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 15:28:03 +0300
Subject: email back


DEAR SIR,

GOODDAY TO YOU TODAY.

MY NAME IS MR MARTIN KAHN KAHLE.I AM 19 YEARS OLD. I AM THE SON OF LATE
MR KURT KAHLE, I KNOW THAT THIS EMAIL WILL COME AS A SURPRISE TO YOU
BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER MET BEFORE NOW.PLEASE,BEAR WITH ME.

I AM WRITING TO SEEK FOR YOUR ABLE ASSISTANCE TO RECEIVE THE SUM OF
US$15,500,000MUSD{FIFTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED US DOLLARS ONLY} FROM MY
LATE FATHER'S BANK ACCOUNT IN ASIA. MY FATHER WAS SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE
BUSINESS MAN WHO RUN ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCHOOL IN OUR COUNTRY.HE IS AN
ACHIEVED BUSINESS MAN WHO DIED IN THE AIR FRANCE CONCORD PLAN CRASH
BOUND FOR NEW YORK IN THEIR PLAN FOR A WORLD TOUR, ON THE 30TH OF JULY
2000 ALONG WITH MY MOTHER.AND MY YOUNGER BROTHER MICHAEL,I LOST BOTH
PARENTS AND BROTHER IN THE ILL FATED PLANE CRASH,AND IT COST ME MY
FORTUNE. HERE BELOW IS THE BBC NEWS OF THE INCEDENT,
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>

I AND MY LITTLE SISTER ARE BEEN TAKEN CARE OFF BY MY UCLE,MY LATE
FATHER'S BROTHER.THEY TOOK ALL MY FATHER'S PROPERTIES AND SHARED AMONG
THEMSELVES. MY FATHER HAD AN ACCOUNT WITH A BANK IN ASIA ,AND I WAS HIS
NEXT OF KIN. THE BANK CONTACTED ME LAST WEEK TO INFORM ME OF MY LATE
FATHER,S MONEY WITH THEM AMOUNTING TO THE TONE OF$15,500,000,MUSD .THE
MONEY IS DUE FOR PAYMENT AND THEY HAVE PLACED THE ACCOUNT UNSERVICABLE
DUE TO MANY YEARS OF NON OPERATING OF THE ACCOUNT BY MY FATHER.

FOR THE FACT THAT I DON,T WANT MY UNCLES TO BE AWARE OF THE MONEY SO
THAT THEY WILL NOT TAKE IT FROM ME. I AM REQUESTING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE
TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THE BANK WILL TRANSFER THE MONEY TO FOR
SAFETY AND INVESTMENT WHEN I COME TO MEET YOU. ALSO,BECAUSE OF MY AGE,I
CAN NOT HAVE SUCH AMOUNT IN MY ACCOUNT AND PRESENTLY I DON,T HAVE ANY
ACCOUNT. SO,I NEED AN ASSISTANCE FROM YOU TO PROVIDE THE BANK ACCOUNT TO
RECEIVE THE MONEY ON MY BEHALF AS THE BENEFICARY TO THE FUND. THE MONEY
IS BIG AND I NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN RECEIVE THE MONEY TO HIS ACCOUNT AND
HELP ME TO MAKE INVESTMENT.I AM READY TO NEGOTIATE YOUR PERCENTAGE IF
YOU AGREE TO HELP ME. I NEED ALSO YOUR GUARRANTTEE THAT YOU WILL BE
TRUSTED,HONEST,SINCERE AND KEEP THIS TRANSACTION CONFIDENTIAL AT YOUR
SIDE. PLEASE REPLY AND COPY MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ID:
privatemailbox@k.ro

I AM EXPECTING YOUR URGENT REPLY.

MARTIN KAHN KAHLE

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