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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: "MR MUSALLAM AHMED JABRI" <ahmed_22@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: musallam10@myway.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:34:19 +0400
Subject: GETBACK TO ME

Good day to you,

I send this mail to seek your participation monetary project that would be of mutual benefit to both of us. I am Jabri Musallam Ahmed an account supervisory officer in Commercial Bank of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. My duty involves administrative documentation of all daily deposits in the bank.

In the course of one of my daily routines, I discovered documents of a secret numbered account fixed for 4years worth (Dhs 32.85 Million ) equivalent of $9Million belonging to one of our customers Mr. George Raymond (Late) an American citizen killed in Iraq in 2004.

Most stunning of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of kin, meaning, no member of Mr. George Raymond family knows about the deposit therefore, nobody member of his family will ever come forward to claim the money.

This revelation is only known to me Now, I seek your collaboration to act as Next of Kin of late Mr. George Raymond to claim the funds and move them into useful investments. I know that you know a lot about investments, that is why I have come to you.

We shall spill the cash between us in a ratio that would be negotiated between us, upon confirmation of the funds in your account. Please note that by virtue of my position in the bank, I have worked out the perfect modality as well as I shall provide the relevant information/documentation for the successful claim and transfer of the funds to any account provided by you

Be rest assured that, this project carry’s no risk

Upon the receipt of acceptance mail from you, I shall furnish you with in-depth details of this transaction.

Waiting your positive response.

Best regards,

Jabri Musallam Ahmed

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