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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: "Jackson Powell" <jacksonpowell101@msn.com>
Reply-To: jacksonpowell@excite.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:20:49 +0000
Subject: IN GOOD FAITH

From: The Desk of Mr jackson powell.
PHONE:44-7040110521
FAX NUMBER:44-870-135-0910
barclays bank 66 Cannon St,
London, EC4N 6EP
PRIVATE E-MAIL:jacksonpowell@excite.com



Good day ,

MUTUAL AGREEMENT
After much consideration I decided to contact you. I am Mr. jackson powell
from Australia posted to London to work as the head of Account barclays bank
Bank London.During a routine check on a dormant account I discovered a
dormant domiciliary account with the sum of $18, 450,000.00(Eighteen
million, four hundred and fiftyThousand Dollars) belonging to a customer
with
the name Mr. Gordons Zakari.

This amount has been deposited for about 9 years without any known
withdrawal.After proper investigation and records search it became very
clear that the real owner of these funds is Mr. Rahid Abdul a member of the
ousted regime of Saddam Hussein. I was able to get this fact because most
members of that ousted barbaric Regime deposited funds using nonexistent
names and invalid addresses in order not to be traced and the same name was
used to create the confiscated accounts with HSBC Brazil.

I am the only person here that has found out this fact and have decided to
get this funds transferred out of this bank. Turning these funds over to the
government is not advisable because I have lost a cousin in that war which
has lost its justification moreover it will still end up been used for the
same purpose (war). To me the best option is to transfer these funds to a
very safe account of a business person and this is just why I contacted you.
Please be very calm, as I know this letter might be very shocking but it is
just the fact and you do not need to worry for I will ensure its success.

I will want a situation where you provide a safe account so we can wire this
funds directly to the account. What we need to do is to arrange/notarizes
some documents to assume that Mr. Gordons Zakari. (since he does not exist)
is late and we make a claim to the funds. With my position here I will
ensure that everything works out to our advantage. This should be kept to
your self-alone for you have just gotten a Lifetime opportunity. Please do
not expose it to a third party due to my position here.. After receipt of a
satisfactory response I will send across to you full details and mode of
sharing.

You can call me on or Email me Your details at my direct
email:jacksonpowell@excite.com


regards

jackson powell

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