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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: "PATRICK HERRERA"<banco3333@iol.pt>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:12:07 +0100
Subject: THIS IS A LEGIT TRANSACTION(I WILL BE LIBALE FOR ALL EXPENCES)

MR PATRICK HERRERA
CALLE ORTEGA 303,
28004,MADRID - SPAIN.

Dear Sir/Madam
I write to solicit your assistance in the transfer of
$2,500.000.00 usdollars.This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I
am the manager made as profit during the last year. I have already submitted
an approved end of the Year report for the year 2004 to my Head Office here
in Spain and they will never know of this excess. I have since then, placed
this amount of $2,500.000.00 usdollars on a SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without a
beneficiary. As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to
this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this
money into any account of your choice.I intend to part 40% of this fund to
you while 60% shall be for me.I do need to stress that i will be pratically
reliable for any expences required in this transaction till you recieve the
total sum of $2,500,000 us dollars in the designated account of your choice.
This It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to
stand as the original depositor of this fund.If you accept this offer,I will
appreciate your timely response.Kindly furnish me with your full details,in
order to proceed immediately on the transfer of the funds.


1,FULL NAME:
2,CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:
3,FAX NUMBER:
4,EMAIL:

Inorder to proceed on the transfer,you will also need to agree with me that
you will definitely assigned my percentage to me as soon as you receive the
payment in your account.I will also like you to acknowledge the fact that
you are not required to make any expences in this transaction.You can get
intorch with me through the below information.


NAME: MR PATRICK HERRERA
TELL: +34- 699- 022- 457
EMAIL:patrickherrera33@iol.pt


Best Regards
Patrick Herrera.

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