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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: "Mr.Roland Ian" <roland_ian@msn.com>
Reply-To: rolandian@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:53:39 +0000
Subject: Re: Mutual Benefits

Re: Mutual Benefits

Dear Lee Lancaster,

I am Mr Roland Ian, a private Legal/ financial consultant. A personal
Legal/ financial consultant to Mr Gerald Welsh, a foreigner who worked and
died here in U.K.without A Will. I have made several enquiries to your
Embassy to locate any of my clients relatives immediate and extended, this
has proved unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over
the Internet and locate any member of his family but of no avail. Hence, I
am contacting you. I need you to assist in securing the money and property
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where his huge deposits were lodged. Particularly,
the bank where the deceased had a domicilliary account valued (£11.5M)
British Pounds GBP. The bank has issued a notice to provide the Next of Kin
or have the account confiscated within the next one month.

Since I have been unsuccesful in locating the the relatives for over two
years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at £11.5 Million Pounds
can be paid to you which after, part of this fund will be used for
investment purposes in your country under your care while the rest go for
charity.

I have all necessary documents to back up claims as Next of Kin on your
behalf. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me by email or phone number number bellow to
enable us discuss further.

Best regards,

Roland Ian.
CELL - +447040111057
NB: I WILL GIVE YOU MY INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT ID FOR CREDIBILITY WHILE YOU
GIVE ME YOURS

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confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of
the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient,
be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents
of this information is prohibited.

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