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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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• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Leeyoung <leeyung71@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:13:37 -0500
Subject: Partnership.

Dear friend,

I am making this contact with you based on trust and confidence I have for you, your Company and

God irrespective of the fact that we have not met before and because of the nature of the

business I am about to introduce to you,I want to remain positive having the faith, the will and

convincing myself that you will be interested and capable to do
business with me.

This business proposal I wish to intimate you with is of mutual benefit and its success is

entirely based on mutual trust,cooperation and a high level of confidentiality as regard this

transaction.

My name is Mr. Lee Young.The kind of the relationship and the confidential nature makes it

imperative for me to contact you directly by email. A German, Late Estate Magnate Mr.Andreas

Schranner, a majority stake holder in Korean Real Estate Coy ,until his death years ago in 25th

July,2000 CONCORDE plane clash [Flight AF4590]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>), There is a fixed deposit of

US$48,000,000.00 (Fourty Eight Million United States Dollars) made in a Korea bank since 1998

which is eight years now and since then no claim or withdrawal have been made on that deposit.

Fortunately, I have been the person in charge of this deposit from the day of deposit to date.

This great late Estate Magnate died without a written or oral 'WILL' attached to the account with

respect to his investment in Korea Real Estate Company. It is because of the perceived

possibility of not being able to locate any of his next of kin. Rapidly, I took the precaution of

converting this funds worth US$48,000,000.00
Dollars to the [open secure progamme] and deposited it with OPEN BENEFICARY-which allows anybody

or person that has accurate information to the deposit can lay claim to it.

As a proposed partner i must confided in you immensely ,therefore to use my position to move this

money outside Korea through dedicated bank in Europe to your designated account with consolidated

arrangement. It can be transferred to your custody if you are willing and assure me of your

ability to handle such a sum and honesty that I will not be cheated out when the money comes into

your account.

I am willing to let you keep 20% of this fund for your assistance. Indicate your willingness by

return email.

Sincerely yours,
Mr. Lee Young.

 

 

 

 

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