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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: "mr. hans"<hansm20s@terra.es>
Reply-To: <mrhanswoltema@SWISSSMOBILESSES.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 21:29:58 +0200
Subject: please call me when receive

I am a manager with a bank in Spain, A foreigner made a fixed deposit of funds with our bank and He died with his entire family in the Madrid Train Bombing.The bank has sent several notices to his forwarding address without success.Our bank will declare the funds unserviceable within the next 30days.Now I seek your content to present you to the bank as next of kin for the deceased funds will be transferred into your account.Please reply to my private email: mrhanswoltema@SWISSSMOBILESSES.COM
Mr.Hans Woltemas

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