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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: "felix amadi" <felixamadi@msn.com>
Reply-To: ama502003@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:22:48 +0000
Subject: FROM MORRIS

Dear Friend,

I contact and solicit your mutual assistance at all cost for my deep
interest to invest in your country. I am Mr. Andy Morris, Branch Manager,
West Pac Banking Corporation London. On January 6th 1999, one Mr. Mohamed
Kamal Yasser, an Egyptian National, a consultant/contractor with Gardiner &
Theobald, a
leading firm of project and cost management consultants, made a numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at £19,500,000.00(Nineteen Million, Five
Hundred Thousand Pounds) for twelve calendar months in my Bank Branch.

Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month, we sent another reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employers (Gardiner & Theobald) that Mr.
Mohamed Kamal Yasser died from air disaster in October 31st, 1999.On further
investigation, it was discovered that he died without making a WILL
(En-state) and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. Please
go through this website to confirm this story about the plane crash.
(http://www.greatdreams.com/PassEAir990.htm).

On further investigations, it was discovered that Late Mr. Mohamed
Kamal Yasser did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his
official documents, including his Bank Deposit paper work here at the Bank.
The total sum, £19,500,000.00 is still in my bank and the interest is being
rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever
come forward to claim it. In accordance with the Banking Federal Laws and
constitution, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to
the
ownership of the Government if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim
the funds.

Consequently, I shall present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the
next of kin to late Mr. Mohamed Kamal Yasser so that you and I can benefit
from the fruits of this old man's labour to enhance humanitarian
Organization Worldwide. Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to
you either by fax or email a scanned copy of the West Pac Banking
Corporation "Next of Kin Payment Application Form” as well as detailed
information on how this
deal would be transacted. We shall employ the services of a solicitor for
the drafting of the LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of Late Mr. Mohamed Kamal Yasser
and to obtain all other relevant papers in your name for the necessary
documentation for payment approval in my bank headquarters in your favour.

The money will be shared in the ratio: Sixty percent for me, thirty
five percent for you and five percent for any arising contingencies during
the course of this transaction. I guarantee that this will be executed
under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law, as I will use my position as the Bank's Branch Manager to secure
approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. It
will take only 7-10 working days to conclude this transaction. Please be
informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. If this interests
you, please reply me immediately via the private email
address:andymorrisooo1@yahoo.co.uk below and please include your
private phone number for voice contact and fax number so that I can
provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you
understand the transaction better.

Awaiting your urgent reply.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Mr. Andy Morris.
Contact email: Mr. Andy Morris
andymorrisooo1@yahoo.co.uk

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