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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: "Promo Managers" <promomanagers@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ericksdoray@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:01:56 +0000
Subject: YOUR IMMERIATE RESPONSE NEEDED.

ERICK DORAY.
HANG SENG BANK LTD.
83 Des Voeux Road Central
Hong Kong.


I am Mr.Erick Doray, Account surpervisor in Hang Seng Bank Ltd, Des Voeux
Road Branch, Hong Kong. I have urgent and very confidential business
proposition for you. A British Oil consultant and contractor with the
Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation, Mr Raymond Beck made a numbered time
(Fixed)Deposit for twelve calendar months,valued at U $14,000,000.00 (
Fourteen Million Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we
sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the
Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr.Raymond Beck died in a plane
crash along with his wife Mr and Mrs Raymond & Dorene Beck in EgyptAir
Flight 990,1999 air crash(for more information about this crash and person
you can contact this website:
http://www.s-t.com/daily/11-99/11-02-99/d08ho174.htm
Since we got this information about his death and on further investigation,
I found out that he died without making a will , and all attempts to trace
his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr.Raymond Beck did not declare any kin or relations in all
his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.

This sum of US$ 4,000,000.00 is still sitting 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. According to Laws of Hong Kong, at the
expiration of 7 (seven) years , the money will revert to the ownership of
the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently,
my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next
of kin to Mr.Raymond Beck so that the fruits of this old man's labour will
not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials.
This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and
address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ
the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization of the will and to
obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your
favor for the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world that you
will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of kin.

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 70%
for me and 30% for you.There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch
Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested, please reply immediately via the private email address above.
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details.

Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country. Awaiting your
urgent reply via my confidential email address:harjones201@yahoo.com
Regards,

ERICK DORAY.

MR ERICK DORAY.
HANG SENG BANK LTD.
83 Des Voeux Road Central
Hong Kong.


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