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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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• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Patrick Taylor" <mrpaty@damuc.org.br>
Reply-To: mrpaty@tsamail.co.za
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 00:35:48 -0300
Subject: ATTENTION:

ATTENTION:
I am Patrick Taylor, a member of staff in a Corporate
Securities firm. We keep valuables for high net worth
individuals, blue chip corporations and diplomatic
organisations.

I am contacting you in regards to our client, the late
president Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo, who died on the
5th of February, 2005. This client has a total deposit
of Thirty Two Million United States Dollars in our
vaults. After the 9/11 incidents, our company policy
do not permit cash deposit, so he confided in me as
the foreign operations officer to make this deposit
since June 2003.

The last communication I had with him was on the 25th
of November 2004, where he was making arrangements to
claim the deposit. Thereafter it was revealed that he
died of heart attack in his hometown in Togo.  After
the acknowledgement of his death, it became apparent
that there was no claim to his funds since he listed
no next of kin in his bio-data form. He made the
deposit under the name of Guardian Trust investment
(GTI) and disclosed the content as company valuables
and Antiques. This was for confidentiality and to
reduce taxes.

If no claim is made within six months, the company
under its storage terms and conditions will legally
auction the content of the deposit. If discovered that
the content is cash, it will be confiscated and I
would be penalised, since I accepted the cash deposit
against the company's regulations. As a staff, it is
impossible for me to have access to the funds or claim
it myself. More so, such valuable deposits are kept at
a different branch, where we have our terminal
facilities. Consequently, it is important that I find
a credible candidate to play the role of a Trustee or
representative to Guardian Trust Investment to help
claim the deposit.  It is on this ground that I need
your assistance to claim the funds which will be
possible with the information I hold. Once this is
achieved, you shall be entitled to 50% of the total
funds while I shall retain the balance 50%.

I am aware of the risks involved in this proposal,
therefore I ask that you consider the factors above
and keep it strictly confidential. However, if you
feel you are unable to fulfil this role, I request you
discard of this letter. 

Please, reply to this alternative e-mail address
E-mail:patricktaylor@myway.com

I look forward to hearing form you.

Thank you.

Patrick Taylor

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