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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: "R T."<titovr50@inbox.ru>
Reply-To: <rtprivate16@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:27:46 +0200
Subject: Attention Needed

Greetings,

 

I know that this mail will get to you as a surprise but it was due to a matter of necessity I contacted you over a business proposal which will be of great benefit. Let me quickly introduce myself, I am Mr. Ramón Titov, a private agent hired by Mrs. Inna Gudavadze, the wife of late Mr. Badri Patarkatsishvili, the Georgian billionaire who was found dead at about 10.45 pm, Tuesday February 12, 2008 at his Surrey mansion. He was aged 52, a month after running unsuccessfully for the Georgian presidency, was one of the "oligarchs" who made a fortune from the privatization of state-owned industries during the Yeltsin era and eventually found a haven in Britain, where he was recently linked to a possible bid for West Ham football club.

 

You can watch and read more for your better understanding in the below websites:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1578596/Badri-Patarkatsishvili.html

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/177933.html

 

The entire family is currently battling with the Georgian and Russian authorities over his inheritance and as a matter of fact the family lawyer is in prison unjustly hence the reason why I was appointed to supersede their affairs confidentially. As a result of the crisis, all the family's accounts were frozen and properties confiscated except for a profiling cash amount of US$88.5 Million which the deasesed deposited as consignment with a European firm shortly before he died. As a private agent, I have been mandated to assist them in finding a God fearing individual to help secure these funds since it is impossible for them to go for claims as it could lead to exposure of the funds and further confiscation by the Authorities, for your assistance in embarking on this task, you will receive thirty-percent of the total funds once the transaction is completed. If you know you can do this, contact me immediately via my secured email: (Thanks for your understanding.

 

Cordially, ,

Mr. Ramón Titov.

 

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