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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: "Mr Ben" <mr.benazizi@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mr_ben_azizi@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:37:20 +0000
Subject: FOR YOUR ATTENTION ONLY

Dear Good Friend
My name is Mr Ben Azizi i am the branch and computer manager here in our bank.I have only written to seek your indulgence and assistance.I wish to make a transfer involving a huge.amount of base 17.5,000,000.00 {seventeen Million five hundred thousand United State Dollars}of Late Mr Mark Smith out of the bank,he died since 1995,till now the account remains dormat.I am proposing to make this transfer to a designated bank account of your choice.
Thus,for your indulgence and support,I propose an offer of 20% of the total amount to be yours after the transfer has been successfully concluded.
Your full name and.phone number/fax is need in the first place.Kindly reply me stating your interest, and I shall furnish you with the details and necessary proceedures with which to make the transfer progress.
I will give you all the vital information of the account which you will use to overcome the bank stringent test and gives you right to deposit as next of kin if you follow my instruction and directives.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Ben Azizi

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