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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: "Richard Cohen" <richard@rcohen.org>
Reply-To: richard2cohen@katamail.com
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 03:37:39 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE AND URGENT

From:Mr Richard.Cohen
Bills & Exchange Department
Irish Nationwide Building Society
Bankcentre,
Ballsbridge,
17/09/2005
Dublin 4,Ireland
Relpy To:richard2cohen@katamail.com

PRIVATE AND URGENT

I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum
of money from a deceased customer's account who On the 25th of July
2000,the deceased, German property magnate Andreas Schranner, 64, his
wife Maria, 62, their daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her husband
Christian, 57, and their children Katharina, eight, and Maximilian,
10, all perished in the
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make anyone
apprehensive,I would like to assure you that I am sending you this
mail with the best of intensions.

YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY;

Since then I have been trying to get this funds out of the bank, the
sum of US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million United States Dollars) in an
account that belongs to our foreign customers who died along with his
entire family in the above accident stated above.Since his death,
none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims
to this money as the heir.The Funds cannot be release from his
account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery,
I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the
deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by me for
the funds (US$12,000,000.00) to be released in your favour as the
beneficiary's next of kin.

It may interest you to know that I have secured from the probate
court,an order of madamus to locate any of the deceased
beneficiaries.Please acknowledge receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the
following;

1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.

These requirements will enable me file a letter of claim to the
appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before
the transfer can be made. I shall be compensating you with 1.5
Million Dollars on final conclusion of this project, while the rest
shall be for me.Thereafter I will visit you in your country for
disbursement as I am almost due for retirement.

Your share stays with you while the rest shall be for me for
investment purposes in your country.If this proposal is acceptable by
you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in
you,I await your urgent response to this email.

Regards,

Mr Richard Cohen

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