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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 03:51:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONSIDER


Greetings...
=A0
I got your contact email address through a personal search and decided to l=
et you know about this Packaged financial transaction that will benefit us.=
I am Mr Elliot Desmond,Chief Executive Officer for Barclays Bank PLC Centra=
l London Branch with over over 20 years of banking experience.
On the course of the 2007 end of the year's audit report,I discovered that =
in one of the branches of the bank,that there is a Fifteen Million Five Hun=
dred Thousand G B Pounds ($15,500.000.00 GBP) of which the head Office is n=
ot aware of and will never be aware of, I have also PLACED this fund on ESC=
ROW CALL ACCOUNT without a beneficiary and as well i have all it takes to m=
ove this fund safely,without any trace.
=A0
As a Chief Executive Officer in the bank,I cannot be directly connected to =
this money,that is why I am compelled to look for a capable hand that will =
assist me to receive this money into his/her bank account,a new account or =
an empty account is okay,when once it is a valid account.I will compensate =
you with 40% as gratification while 60% will be for me.=20
In course of this transaction,there are practically no risk involved becaus=
e It will be a bank-to-bank transfer.=20
I will appreciate your timely response.
With Regards,
Mr.Elliot Desmond.
NOTE: Please if however,you are not disposed to assist,kindly delete this e=
mail in view of the confidentiality and let me know as soon as possible to =
enable me look for another Capable one=0A=0A=0A

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