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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: lu19 <lu19@neunet.com.ar>
Reply-To: barr_jamesmurray@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:40:08 +0130
Subject: Dear Inheritor


Dear Inheritor,

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Lieutenant William Evan Crawford Allan, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned undelivered. I wish to notify you that Late Lieutenant William Evan Crawford Allan made you a beneficiary in his WILL. He left the sum of Six Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars to you in the Codicil and last testament to his WILL.
According to him, this money is to support your humanitarian/medical activities and to help the poor and the needy in the society. Please if I am able to reach you as I am hopeful, kindly endeavour to get back to me sooner, so as to enable me conclude my job. Late Lieutenant William Evan Crawford Allan who died at the age of 106 years on 17th Of October 2005 informed us that you do not know him personally but details of how he included you on his Will shall be communicated to you in due course. Please Confirm your Full Name and Address, so that we can be sure we have actually contacted the Real Inheritor.
Yours in Service,
Mr.James Murray.

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