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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 Sam G Brown"<mrsambrown@excite.com>
Reply-To: privatesam_box@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:01:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: From: Mr Sam Brown


From: Mr Sam BrownGreetings,I discovered a dormant account in my office, as Group finance director with Alpha bank London. It will be in my interest to transfer this fund worth Twenty Million Pounds Sterling 20,000,000) in an account offshore. If you can be a collaborator/partner to this please indicate interest immediately for us to proceed. Remember this is absolutely confidential, as I am seeking your assistance as the beneficiary of this unclaimed funds, since we are not allowed to operate a foreign account, Your contact phone numbers and name will be necessary for this effect, I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me. pls reply me at my private email box mrsambrown_private@yahoo.com.hkMy Regards,Mr. Sam G Brown,

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