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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: Martin Westman Martin <martinwestman68@msn.com>
Reply-To: <martinwestman33@maktoob.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 22:17:25 +0000
Subject: Re: Reply Needed



Dear Future Partner



In December 1st, 2008, The London Scottish Bank collapsed in UK. This Bank specializes in offering fixed-rate savings accounts and loans to customers with excellent credit histories and the Bank of England representing the Central Bank has mandated the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to disburse all Depositors Funds to all the Beneficiaries with immediate effect.



A Non-Operated Numbered Account with a closing balance of GBP35, 470,268.00 (Thirty-Five Million, Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand, Two Hundred and Sixty Eight British Pounds) has been traced in our Bank and would like to present you as the Beneficiary to claim the funds since the disbursement of Depositors Funds is in progress. There is no legal implication attached and our sharing ratio is 50:50.



Please send me your telephone numbers for discussion of this deal in further details and would like you to reply directly through my private mail box should incase if this offer interests you.



Email: martinwestman33@msn.com



Thank you for reading my Proposal.

Kind Regards,

Martin Westman.

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