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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: "abelshnk@handbag.com" <abelshnk@handbag.com>
Reply-To: shankabel@walla.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:49:07 +0200
Subject: Call me on tel +2289214332 asap.

The Desk of Shanka Abel.
North Atlantic Securities Sarl,
Lome Togo.
West Africa.
Tell: 00 228 921 4332.

I am Mr Shanka Abel, Regional Director of North Atlantic Securities Sarl
with regional Office here in Lome-Togo. This company is a security and financial
firm that handles persons, families, and companies precious metals such as
Gold, Precious stones, and diamond, also, we provide savings and house loan
to persons, families and companies.

We had a foreign client from Alaska who deposited the sum of eighteen million
six hundred thousand united states dollars (US$18.6million) with our Company.

Eventually,this client Mr.Morris Thompson 61 years,of Fairbanks, Alaska America
was a victim of January 31st 2000 air disaster with Alaska Airlines Flight
261 which occurred in mexico. Please check this page for your confirmation
( http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ ) and precisely
(http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html ) about Mr
Thompson himself but, since his demise , we have not had any body coming
for the claims as the next of kin or as a bonafide beneficiary.

I have monitored this situation very closely with my position in the Company
after his death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the
past three 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
other arrangement has being concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner
to enable me move the fund to his designated foreign bank account in his
country.

This does not have any risk attached to it as all the internal documentations
will be handled without suspect. I therefore request you to confirm your
interest by a phone call and also provide to me your identification say your
international passport or drivers lisence if you are sincerelly willing to
champion this transaction with me but you have to be aware the required confidentiality
of this and most importantly you need not to call me if you are incapable
of this or skeptic minded about it.


Your partnership interest/share will be negotiable before we commence the
operation.I look forward to hearing from you immediately you recieve this
urgent message.You may reach me via shankabel@walla.com

Best Regards,
Shanka Abel.
+228 921 4332.

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