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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: "Barr. George Williams" <georgewilliam001@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: georgewilliams01@surfy.net
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:13:41 +0100
Subject: BARR. WILLIAMS

Dear Sir/Madam,

From: George Williams
7/8 Custom Street- Nigerian Stock Exchange House 13th Floor
Victory Island Lagos- Nigeria
Phone: 234-80-33046767
E-mail: georgewilliams01@email2me.net

I am Barr. George Williams a personal lawyer to Mr. Cho .A. Kwiyoung who
operate an account with a finance company with account number 24-661-2005/ncb/t
who perished in a plane crash [Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers
aboard on August 6, 1997.

Since the demise of this my client, I personally has watched with keen interest
to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to
claim his funds of US$9.5 m, [Nine million five hundred thousand united
states dollars] which has been with Finance Company for a very long time.
On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next
of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics
here does not allow such money to stay more than eight years, because money
will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal after realizing
that since you can stand as next of kin to the deceased.

And with respect to your personality, I will give you 25% of the total sum.Upon
the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the Application,
bank's fax number and the next step to take. I will not Fail to bring to
your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain
any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within five
banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.

When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail on georgewilliams01@surfy.net
signifying your Decision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick
communication.

Respectfully submitted,

George Williams



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