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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: "hansrobert@ommail.com" <hansrobert@ommail.com>
Reply-To: hansrobert@uku.co.uk
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:26:07 -0500
Subject: FROM: Hans Robert

FROM: Hans Robert
THE BRANCH MANAGER
HSBC BANK PLC
8 CANADA SQUARE.
LONDON VE145H.
EMAIL:Hansrobert@kaixo.com


ATTN: PRESIDENT/C.E.O



I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and
profitable business proposal, though I don't know you
neither have I seen you before but my confidence was reposed
on you when the Chief Executive of UK chamber Commerce and
Industry handed me your contact for a confidential business.


I am the manager of HSBC BANK PLC (HSBC),8 CANADA SQUARE
LONDON VE145H.The intended business is thus; We had a
customer, a Foreign resident in UK, he was a Contractor with
one of the Government Parastatals. He has in his Account in
my branch the sum of US 38.6 Million (Thirty Eight
Million, Six Hundred Thousand U .S Dollars).Unfortunately,
the man died during the tsunami incident until today non-of
his next of kin has come forward to claim the money. Having
noticed this, I in collaboration with two other top
Officials of the bank have covered up the account all this
while. Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as
one of his next of kin and forward your account and other
relevant documents to be advised to you by us to attest to
the Claim.


We will use our positions to get all internal documentations
to back up the claim while procedures will last only five
working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without
trace even now or in future. Your response is only what we
are waiting for as we have arranged all necessary things. As
soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to me
indicating your interest, then I will furnish you with the
whole procedures to ensure that the deal is successfully
concluded. For your assistance we have agreed to give you
35% of the Total sum at the end of the transaction while 55%
would be for my colleagues and I and the remaining 10% would
be for any form of expenses that may be incurred during the
course of the transaction which would be given to us when
the money is transferred into your account before splitting
the balance on the agreed percentage of 55% to 35%. In order
to get all the legal documents from the court, kindly send
the following information to us immediately. Your full name,
telephone, mobile and fax numbers as well as you resident or
company address so that we can proceed,


I await your earliest response.

Thanks,

Yours Sincerely

Hans Robert

Letter From Robert

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