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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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• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "MARY ANAK KANIS" <mary_anak_kanis@msn.com>
Reply-To: mary_anak_kanis@yahoo.com.my
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:10:49 +0000
Subject: Compliment Erwin

Compliment Erwin


am miss Mary Anak Kanis from Malaysia .I am the personal attorney to Eugene
Byers from united state of America. My Clint (Eugene Byers) was the
assistance manager in Bank of America http://www.bankamerica.com before he
was been transfer to euro city security company in Nigeria in the year 2000.
7th of januanry 2002 My client deposited his life savings worth of 5million
united state dollars
My Client Mr. Eugene byers was among the victimes of the boom blast that
occur in london this year . Since then I have made Several Enquiries to
different embassy to locate any of my clients extended Relatives, this has
also proved unsuccessful. After these several
Unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his family hence I
Contacted You. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and
property Left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
the euro city security company gave me 7days to look to transfer the fund
out from the security company or else it will be used for the charges in
Nigeria
That’s why I am contacting you All I require is your honest cooperation to
enable us conclude this deal. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law. Contact me immediately so
that can discuss further about this issue.after the fund is wired to your
account 50% for you and 50% for me
Kind regards,
Mary Anak Kanis from Malaysia

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