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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: Teslim Fathi <tf47894@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:40:41 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Call me on 00228 9199665


FROM THE DESK OF MR TESLIM FATHI
AUDITING DEPARTMENT
BANK OF AFRICA LOME TOGO.
THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL /tf4789@yahoo.co.uk

PRIVATE MESSAGES ,
I got your address via the internet. I have a proposal for you - this
however is not mandotary nor will I in any manner compel you to honour
against your will.I am 49, and work with a bank (one of the African
leading banks in the West Coast).
Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the past 8 years which
belong to a Syria national who is now late.When we discovered that
there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this account for this long
period, I and my two other colleagues decided to carry out a system
investigation and discovered that non of the family member nor relations
of the late Syrian is aware of this account.This is the story in a
nutshell. Now we want an account overseas where we can transfer this funds.
Thereafter, we had planned to destroy all related documents for this
account. It is a careful network and for the past eleven months we have
worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.The amount is not
so much at the moment and plus all the accumulated interest the balance
in this account stands at-(US$9.5 million US dollars).Now our questions
are:-

1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can we give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission if you can sponsor this project?

Consider this and get back at us as soon as possible.
Finally, it is our humble prayer that the information as contained
herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the
secrecy it deserves.We Expect your urgent response if you can handle this
project.
Respectfully yours,
Teslim M. Fathi.
00228 9199665




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