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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: "harry heersmink" <harryheersmink@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:54:53 +0000
Subject: Awaiting your urgent reply

Dear,


INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

I am Harry Heersmink presently in London, my Late client Mr. Morris Thompson
an expatriate died in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which
crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You shall
read more news about the crash on visiting this site which I got during my
investigation

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html


and before his death, deposited the sum of $35,000,000.00 Dollars with a
vault Company in Africa. I decided to search for any of my late client's
relative which has been very difficult to me before the fund get confiscated
or declared unserviceable by the vault company because they have given me a
mandate to present any family heir to my late client.

Based on this, I am writing to you so that I will assist you claim this
Fund.I will prepare every operation that will assist your claim. The Fund
will be released to you within 10 working days after you have filed in for
claims. I will like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as soon as
possible via my email as thus: harryheersmink@safe-mail.net and do please
also include your telephone and fax number for easy communication.

I look forward to your quick reply.

Regards,

Harry Heersmink

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