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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: "UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"<privateofficialdesk@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mcena1983@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 20:12:39 -0700
Subject: FROM THE UNITED STATE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

International Debt Funds Recoup Unit of
United States Department of the Treasury Washington DC .
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW ;
Washington , DC 20220


Be enlighten that United States Department of the Treasury Washington DC in active virtual with Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have escalated our watch on your computer and telephone communication because we discovered you have been communicating with imposters imposing as bank officials.

We have monitored transaction list of the Western Union and the Wal-Mart Money Gram for transaction made on your name and transaction made through your bank account and our general findings urged us to set up multifaceted maximum security on your everyday activities most specially your email correspondence and telephone communications.

Base on how fascinating your case turned out to be we deployed representatives of International Debt Funds Recoup Unit of United States Department of the Treasury Washington DC and agents of Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI to investigate if there was any inheritance funds as a result of contract payment owe to you by the bank which name is not disclosed here and to our dismay it was discovered from the records of the Foreign Operation Department that your name appeared as a beneficiary of contract payment funds valued US$12.8Million United States Dollars.

The assembly of American Government agency sent on your behalf to the bank confirmed that the procedure and blueprint of your funds recoup was fair and just considered opinion by the Bank and the outcome of the event was a solution to curtail activities of con artist and it was a perfect solution to your quest on your inheritance funds.

Finally the recouped inheritance funds have arrived US Treasury Washington DC allotted into Cash Consignment Baggage and is currently deposited in US Treasury Basement Washington DC. To claim your funds reconfirm your personal information stated as following below that will be used for the delivery of the Cash Consignment Baggage to your location.

1. First Name:
2. Middle Name:
3. Last Name:
4. Home Phone Number:
5. Cell Phone Number:
6. Fax (If Available):
7. Home Address:

This is compulsory instruction.

God Bless America .

Mr. Michael Cena.

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