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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: "William Parker" <w_parker1616@msn.com>
Reply-To: w_parker525@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:40:31 +0000
Subject: AWAITING YOUR SINCERE REPLY



ATTN: SIR/MADAM,
I am presently the director of credit control in this establishment.
I was mandated by the Managing Director of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PLC .to
ascertain your interest and capability to co-operate with us in actualizing
this highly rewarding project on repatriation on to your country.Are you
willing to be presented as the bonafide next of kin to Mr.Dickson MCGRAW,a
crude oil merchant from Australia. Until his untimely death by the recent
Bali bomb explosion in Indonesia, Mr.Dickson operated a fixed account of
Twelve Million United States
Dollars(US$12,000,000.00) with AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PLC Sequel to his
death, the Bank made concerted effort to contact the immediate family in
Australia in order to re-claim and transfer the ownership of the fund.
Unfortunately, the Bank discovered recently that the immediate families of
the depositor Mr.Dickson were also rastically affected by the same Bomb
Explosion while on holidays.
Apparently,the fund is now in full custody of the Bank.
After a very serious survey, I and the CEO of the Bank decided to repatriate
this fund to a trust worthy and reliable overseas bank account for high
yield investment portfolios. The modality of disbursing the fund will be
discussed fully with the Bank-Account owner/provider, which we are offering
you. All the documents establishing the deposit of the fund and empowering
you to be Next of Kin/Beneficiary of the fund will be perfectly secured in
your name if interested in helping secure the fund. Transfer of this fund
can be swiftly and successfully implemented within 14 bank working days if
you provide the necessary overseas infrastructure required to realize the
objective.Keep this confidential information strictly to yourself. Be kind
enough to confirm the receipt of this message or reach me on for more
clarification.Awaiting your reply.
Sincerely.
William Parker Esq.

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