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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: Mark Brown <markbrownzzz@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 18:25:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL



STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

Talackerstrasse 3

8085 Zurich Opfikon-Glattbhwidy

Switzerland.

markbrownz@yahoo.com

Dear,

This letter is not intended to course you any embarrassment in whatever form, rather I am compelled to contact your in other to establish a business relationship with you.

I am Hon. Engr. Mark Brown, former chairman for the peace keeping in Yugoslavia, before I was paralyze due to a bomb attack. I was able to accumulate the sum of fifty-seven Million United States Dollars (US$57,000,000.00) only before the sad event which was deposited with a Barclays Bank of Washington DC.

After a careful study of the lists of reliable business men, I found you worthy in trusting the money into your care for any investment that will generate good profit for us at the end

I will like you to move the money to your country for safe keeping pending when we are ready to invest the money.

Contact me immediately on the receipt of this email either by telephone or email on your acceptance because I need to discuss this transaction in detail with you and to acquaint you with the details of the bank where the money was deposited which will proof the genuineness of the proposal.

On your acceptance, we shall arrange for a meeting to enable us acquaint with each other, sign the business agreement because I can not involve myself into any business that is not legally documented nor genuine, thereafter we shall proceed to the bank for claiming of the fifty-seven Million United States Dollars (US$57,000,000.00) only which will be wire to your account in your country simultaneously.

This transaction is highly confidential because no other person knows that I had acquired such huge of money in a bank during my service in Yugoslavia expect the bank director and now you.

With this, honesty, good understanding and devotion are required from you to enable us accomplish this transaction successfully without any hinge and for your assistance; you will receive 8% of the total sum.

I am looking forward to your timely response via by email address. markbrownz@yahoo.com

Your urgent reply is highly anticipated.

Best regards.

Hon. Engr. Mark Brown.







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