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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: "david henshaw" <dhenshaw2005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: d_henshaw74@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:26:00 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED!!!

FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
PLEASE REPLY TO: d_henshaw74@yahoo.co.uk
24NOVEMBER,2005.

Dear Friend,

I am writing to you due to an urgent need of a sincere representative who
can assist me to collect sums of money from debtors totalling $109,300.00.I
am a South African but am currently incapacitated at a hospital in the U.k
for a series of major operations and very much short of cash to pay for the
bills.

For some time now,I have written several desperate letters as well as made
telephone calls to my debtors requesting immediate payment to my usual
account.They have agreed to settle but only via a cheque payable
specifically to a non-intercontinental bank account anywhere in America and
Canada. And I do not have such a bank account resident in these places
mentioned. Nonetheless,if you have a bank account in any of these places,it
means you can help me. What I will have you do is to act as my direct
representative and business associate.By a special power of attorney duly
signed and attested to by me in your favour,I will mandate all debt sums to
be paid in your favour using your bank account.

If I have your consent I will immediately send an urgent fax to my
debtors,instructing them to contact you immedaitely and make payment to
you.But I will need,(in block letters)your:

(i) FULL NAMES.
(ii) HOME & OFFICE ADDRESS.
(iii)TELEPHONE & FAX NUMBERS.
(iv) COMPANY NAME (IF ANY).

Please,lend me your assistance.I wish we can proceed immediately.The sooner
I begin my medical operations the better chances I have of staying alive.I
am a South african by birth and origin.I am helplessly alone in my
predicament.And I practically do not have anybody to fall back on.

Please,get back to me as soon as possible and help in your own humanitarian
way in saving my life.

Thank you very much.

Mr.David Henshaw

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