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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: "Private Email" <mcoll2@alex4all.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 01:23:35 GMT
Subject: CALL ME ASAP

Attn,

RE: TRANSFER OF US$168.559 MILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

I am Michael Collins, the operational manager in account management section in charge of credit and foreign bills in a prime bank here in South Africa. On a routine inspection, I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with Balance of US$168,559,000 (One Hundred and Sixty Eight Million Five Hundred and Fifty Nine Thousand U.S dollars Only). The account holder was in charge of President Saddam Hussein's secret crude oil transactions in Africa. On further discreet investigation, I discovered that the account holder died long ago with his family on a fatal Auto-accident leaving no beneficiary to the account and no other person knows about it.

I am in close contact with the bank manager here who is my partner and is willing to approve the transfer to any reliable and trustworthy foreigner with foreign bank account because the former owner of the a/c is a foreigner. The account has no written or oral WILL attached to it. I will provide the necessary information and documents needed in order to claim this money if you agree to receive this fund in your account pending my arrival in your country for sharing and on receipt of your Bank Account Details where the fund will be transferred.

We will start with USD38, 000,000. At the end, 80% will be for me and my partner, 15% for you and 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred on both sides during the transfer. South African Civil Service Code of Conduct Laws that prohibits Civil Servants from operating Private Foreign Accounts affects us.

Your cooperation is highly needed.

Yours Faithfully,

Michael Collins

Tel: +874-7635-91425, Fax: +874-7635-91426

Email: mcollins@alex4all.com

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