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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: Mark Ferguson <postmark4@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: contactmarkinfo033@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:48:45 +0100 (BST)
Subject: NEXT-OF-KIN INFORMATION


VITAL INFORMATION

Attn: Jan Koridon,

This letter is based on my recent findings and situation at hand,but thanks to the search conducted which has made it possible for me to gather all the necessary information about your credibility.

I am Mr.Mark Ferguson, a Corporate Real Estate Consultant and Broker. My purpose of this letter is to seek for your utmost cooperation in procuring my clients Bonded Fund that was lodged with a Building Society in Europe. My client name is Mr.Gordon Koridon, who died without any WILL and till date nobody has been able to locate any of his relatives despite several attempts by the building society to contact the next heir.

The deceased had an Asset valued Thirty-Three million, Three hundred Thousand ($33.3m) United States Dollars approximately and the Building society has issued a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated within the next few months.

I request your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have same Last name so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you and then we can share the money in an agreed ratio depending on your contributions to the project.

What I need from you is trust, confidence and honest cooperation to enable us finalize our goal without any breach of law that will jeopardize both parties.

Please,reply through my private email: contactmarkinfo033@yahoo.co.uk to enable us discuss further.

Best regards,
Mark Ferguson.
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