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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: Luay Qrenawi <luay_q13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <luay_q2@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:19:08 -0400
Subject: Business.....Proposal



Hello dear,It is my delight to have your esteemed contact, hence my pleasure to inform you that I am Mr. Luay Qrenawi and presently I am planning on resigning from work as a scribe for a non-governmental organisation in Switzerland.The object of this introduction is to seek your interest in an investment partnership that will effectively utilise your wealth of experience in business and my provision of the needed investment capital. I require your assistance in a business deal. I discovered an unclaimed foreign payment in my office and will require you assistance to have the fund claimed. I intend using the fund realized from this deal to establish a real estate company in your country under your supervision as a sort of retirement after my resignation.I would appreciate if you can be of assistance to this endeavor as I am very willing to go into partnership with you. I wait to hear a positive response from you. Ensure to include your direct access telephone and fax numbers for further communications.Thanks and Best Regards.Luay
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