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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: "James Frank" <frank_net111@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: frankj413@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:54:50 +0000
Subject: Business proposal (urgent reply)

Hello,

My name is Mr.frank james. What i have may be of interest to you. It
is a business proposal that will be beneficial to you and i. I live in
London. I have been working in a Finance Company in London
for the past 17 years where i am presently an Operational Manager. I will
give
you my full details on your reply to this letter.

My aim of contacting you is to solicit your co-operation and assistance
based on one of the Deposit under my management containing $25 Million US
Dollars
(Twenty Five Million Dollars) which has remained in our security vault for
the last Thirteen years.

This Deposit was made by the late Mrs.
Jovita Jasmine Carerra and following my investigation, i found out that she
died on may 1992 via a car crash in the Bahamas and she left no children or
next of kin.

I have all the authentic documents that can qualify you as the Next of Kin
to her and Our Finance company will release this deposit to you.
I will inform you more on how we can get the funds
released to you as a beneficiary if you agree to co-operate with me on your
reply to this email.

I will also give you more personal details of me and the
transaction on your reply and the sharing percentage will be discussed also.

Please treat this as confidential, urgent and of utmost importance.
frank james

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