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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: "Sali Ibrahim" <saliibrahim@centrum.cz> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:35:17 -0800
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

Dear Sir,
This Letter should not come to you as a Surprise, Permit me however, I
am an accounting Officer with a Atlantic Bank , I am contacting you
in relation to an urgent business transaction that requires TRUST And
CONFIDENTIALITY .
This transaction has to do with our foreign customer (MR. KURT KAHLE
who died along with his entire family in November15th 2000 in a plane
crash.
For more Information see BBC News on--
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Ever since his death, as his accounts Officer I have made frantic
efforts to locate any of his relative, because he has a substantial
amount with our Branch.
Uphill date nobody has showed up to lay claim on his deposit.
The Banking law and guideline here in my Country stipulates that if

any
customer account remains unserviceable or dormant, and unclaimed after
Four years, the account will be transferred into the Bank treasury
on grounds of Money Laundering ,Drug and Anti -Terrorist activities.
As a Banker I know what happens to such funds, ,the Executive Director
and the Chairman of the Board of Directors will share it amongst
themselves and send down memos to us for reconciliation.
My request of a foreigner in this business is occasioned by the fact
that an Indigene of My Country cannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner.
It is therefore on this premise that I seek your cooperation
By standing as a relative to MR KURT KAHLE.
As an Insider I will provide you with all relevant Information
/documents that will authenticate the Claim.
Note that your Physical presence is not needed at the Bank, I will
Guide you on the Steps to take. The Bank will only ask for verifiable
Documents which I will provide.
In All Fairness I am willing to share the money with you on Agreed
Terms. For your Information, I have done my home work very well,

before embarking on the process of moving out the funds out of the bank through a Next of Kin.
The Funds is much that no right thinking person can afford to let such
opportunity pass him by.
If you are ready to work with me , Contact me on this secure email
address after which I will disclose details to you.
I look forward to doing good Business with you.
I Thanks.
Sali Ibrahim
Please send mail into my pravite emailbox saliibrahim@accountant.com

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