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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: "philip cartwright" <cartwrigt_01@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:16:04 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION

From Philip Cartwright
217/218 Paget-Rise Abinger Grove London.
Email:pcart@eseenet.com

Attn; sir

I am Mr phil cartwright, a staff in account management department of credit
finance bank london and a personal accounting officer to late mr Robert
Chapman the Area Director of Sil International, who unfortunately died in
the crash of kenya Airways flight 431 in Abijan,0n January 30 2000,
website,news.airwise.com/airlines/archive/2000/kanya2000.html

I am contacting you to assist me in ensuring that the funds valued at
$12.5mUSD(12 million and five hundred united sate dollars)lodge by my
customer/client deposited with a financial institution here in europe
abroad. The financual institution is not declared unclaim hence my reasons
for contacting you. The financial institution has issued me a notice to
contact the next of kin or the funds lodge by my customer will be
confisticated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent and assistance to present you
as the next of kin and beneficiary of my late customer/client so that the
proceeds of this account valued at $12.5mUSD can be transfered to your bank
account designated anywhere in the world,then we can share the funds and
give half to the victim of the tsumani in indonesia, as donation from my
late customer.

I have all necessary legal documents to back up this claim.We will share on
a mutually agreed -upon percentage all legal documents to back up this claim
as my client next of kin will be provided.

All i require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through.This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of law.If this business proposition offends your
moral values,do accept my apology.Please contact me once to indicate your
interest via email address[pcart@eseenet.com]


Robert was a very good man and it is not wise for me to allow his hard
earned wealth to be stolen by the greedy directors of the bank. However,if
you are willing to assist me in this venture,I will establish a verbal
telephone communication with you and bring you into a much better details of
the situation.

Kindest Regards
philip cartwright.

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