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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: "dr jocey" <drmsjocey005@drmsjocey005.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 01:32:36 +0000
Subject: PLEASE URGENT AGREEMENT NEEDED WITH YOU.

Dear friend.

Before I start,I must first Apologise for this unsolicited mail to you.

Iam aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to starting a
relationship but as time goes on you will realize the need for my action,but
please treat with absolute secrecy and personal.

I am an employee of a private savings and mortgage house here in London and
a personal Account Officer to a deceased customer (Mr Ivar)

We lost this customer and his family in an auto crash here in London some
years back and his account of US$14,000,000.00 (fourteen Million U.S
Dollars) with us has been dormant and unclaimed due to unavailability of a
next of kin/relatives to claim his estate.

In accordance with the escheat laws of London, the Board Of Directors of the
Bank met a forth night ago and resolved to turn the estate of the deceased
over to the Government having waited for too long without the deceased
relatives/next of kin surfacing and if this is done, invariably the funds
will end up to become Government property and it is as a result of this that
I am moved to contact you considering the fact that your name is the same
with his LAST NAME.

In view of this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding to
stand as the deceased next of kin to enable us claim the inheritance before
the time period given by the Bank elapse.
We have never met, but I want to trust you and please do not betray me by
sitting on this funds when it finally gets into your account hence I have no
other alternatives as the next-of-kin to the deceased customer.

Be rest assured that it is a life time risk free oppurtunity project and the
proceedings will be shared 60% for me and 40% to you once the funds are
repatriated into your account.

Please, you are advised to keep this transaction top secret, as I am still
in service,at the moment I don't need any phone conversations,my
communications with you will be through email,for you know that I would not
want the management of the bank to understand that I gave you the (SECRET TO
THE SUCCESS) I will be monitoring the whole situation here in the Bank until
you confirm the money is in your account, Before I can come down to your
country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to the percentages
previously indicated.

If you are interested and in agreement with me, please email me back
immediately via my private email:dr_msjocey@patmail.com

Regards,
Dr Jocey James(Ms)

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