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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: "felix tonica" <felixtonica@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: felitonic@networld.com
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:40:59 +0000
Subject: ATTN: RE LATE JASPER

5th Floor,
Cannon Bridge House,
25 Dowgate Hill,
Johannesburg
South Africa

Good day,

With due respect I would like to disclose a mutual transaction to you.
I am Mr Felix Tonica Banker in the Department of
treasury with Standard Bank South Africa. We have an account
in our custody valued at $18,000,000.00 USD (Eighteen Million,
United States Dollars) which was deposited by one of our customer
in 1998.

For the past four years it is been recorded in our computer system
that the beneficiary of the deposit account is dead and up till
date we have not received any signal from his relatives for claiming
of the deposited account. Further to the above, two of my
colleagues and I, resolved to solicit for your cooperation to move
out this deposited funds to our sister's company for easy collection as
the beneficiary since you bear the same surname
with the depositor. We will be responsible for all legal backing
needed as the next of kin.

However, as soon as I receive your favourable response,
indicating your full names, telephone and fax numbers, then I
will update you on the mapped out procedures towards the success of
this transaction.

I am looking forward for your kind response to my personal
email;ft127@smtp.ru
Regards,

Mr Felix Tonica

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