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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: "william smith" <williamsmith99@catalunyamail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 12:11:15 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION===URGENT

CAUTION: This mail is written and intended to solicit your assistance to be presented as NEXT OF KIN to my late Client's estate. Considering the sensitivity of this email to you, I advice that you keep its content to yourself. If you are not willing to do this with me, please delete this email and do not bother to respond.

I am WILLIAM SMITH I work with one of the largest Investment Company
here in London, United Kingdom. Basically, we are into Fund Management and Portfolio Investments.

My Deceased Client Willie Jackson Sr., 61 years, of Scotch Plains,
N.J., and Orlando, Florida USA made a Deposit of Investment Fund valued at ????? (amount not disclosed now for security reasons) with an Offshore Bank in the United Kingdom and unfortunately
lost his life aboard Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999(View:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm) and left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin as he has not completed all of his investment paper works with us.

The Management of the BANK has contacted me on this matter to commence probate claim with the Chancery Division of the Probate Court but I am yet to provide the Next of Kin to lay claims to the Fund. As the Fund Manager of the deceased, I have the file of the deceased that contains his investment instructions, so the bank is unaware that the deceased does not state his next of kin. Usually, it is our policy to commence investment for client when our investment receiving bank receives their payments.

Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I shall seek your
consent to be presented as the next of Kin so that the Government will not confiscate my late Clients' Fund.Should you be willing to work with me, do send your formal letter of acceptance on my
private email:(william.smith99@katamail.com) immediately and I will get back to you with further details on how to proceed.

Thank and God bless
Best Regards
WILLIAM SMITH


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