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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "martinswalte@terra.es" <martinswalte@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 17:40:41 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: THIS IS FOR YOUR ATTENTION.





THIS IS FOR YOUR ATTENTION. We wish to notify you again that you were liste=
d as a beneficiary to the total sum of =C2=A34,600,000.00GBP (Four million =
Six hundred thousand British Pounds) in the intent of the deceased (name no=
w witheld since this is our second letter to you).We contacted you because =
you bear thesurname identity and therefore can present you as the beneficia=
ry to the inheritance since there is no written will. Our legal services ai=
m to provide our private clients with a complete service. We are happy to p=
repare wills, set-up and administer Trusts,carry out the administration of =
estates and prepare and administer powers of attorney. All the papers will =
be processed in your acceptance of this deal, your current telephone and fa=
x numbers and a forwarding address will be needed to enable us file necessa=
ry documents. Please do reply to my personal email address (martinswalt@yah=
oo.de) for further correspondence Yours faithfully Martins Walter +44 704 5=
71 7075





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.

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