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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: "DOUGLAS CALIMOUS" <dougson_7@msn.com>
Reply-To: doujones005@myway.com
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:20:40 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

FROM :DOUGLAS CALIMOUS

TEL: +44-7040115878

FAX: +44-7092866461

EMAIL:doujones005@myway.com

Attn:
Permit me to contact you through this medium for an urgent and very
confidential business,
knowing fully well that this letter may come to you as a surprise.
I'm DOUGLAS CALIMOUS, Controller International Unit(Operations)Standard
Chartered Bank Jersey, Channel Island.In the course of our Last Annual
Account's check i discovered that a customer
BONNIE DAVE made a Fixed Deposit valued at £10,500,000.00(Ten Million five
Hundred Thousand Pounds).In my further investigation,I discovered that he
died on 6th September 2003 without making a WILL,did not also declare any
Next of Kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank
Deposit documents in this Bank.

This sum of £10,500,000.00 is still in this Bank,no one has ever come
forward to claim it.
My proposal is that I will like you to stand in as the Next of Kin to the
Late customer Of our bank so that we can claim this funds. This is very
simple as long I?m here to direct and provide you with every information
required for this transaction.This Funds will be paid to you,for us to share
in the ratio of 50% for me and 40% for you and 10% for expenses both of us
will incur in this transaction. There is no risk involved in this
transaction as my position guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction.Feel free to reach me on my direct line 44-7040115878 if you are
interested to claim this funds as his Next of Kin.

it is upon your response that I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant information that will help us to go about this transaction. All I
want from you is honesty and trustworthiness. Please observe utmost
confidentiality,and be rest assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for all of us.

Regards.

DOUGLAS CALIMOUS.



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