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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: "MR GEORGE SANEH." <mr_george_saneh@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:20:43 +0200
Subject: IMPORTANT AND URGENT MASSAGE FOR YOU PLEASE

ATTENTION PLEASE:

I AM SORRY AS THIS MAY BE A SURPRISE TO YOU.
I AM MR GEORGE SANEH I WORK IN ONE OF OUR AFRICAN BANKS HERE.

I GOT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION YESTERDAY ON A COMPANY DIRECTORY WHEN I WAS
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO ASSIST US ON THIS PROJECT OF TRANSFERING $4.200.000
FOUR MILLIONS TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS. INTO HIS OR HER'S ACCOUNT.

THIS FUND WAS LEFT BY ONE LATE COSTOMERS OF THIS BANK MANY YEARS AGO WE
HAVE JUST TRANSFERED IT TO ONE OF OUR CORESPONDENCE BANK IN EUROPE WAITING
FOR A CHANGE OF NAME OF ANY ONE WHOM WE WILL TRUST THAT WILL NOT BETRAY US.
AS WE WILL USE HIS NAME, ALL DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR THIS
TRANSACTION WE WILL NOT FAIL TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100%
RISK FREE AS THIS ARE OPPORTUNITIES WE BANKERS ALL OVER THE WORLD MAKES
OUR MONEY.

YOUR PERCENTAGE WILL BE 25% OF THE TOTAL FUND THEN THE REST WILL BE FOR WE
OVER HERE

AS YOU RESPOND TO THIS MAIL I WILL PUT ALL DETAIL THROUGH TO YOU BUT
PLEASE TO AVOID WE GETING INTO TROUBLE HERE WITH OUR BANK MANAGEMENT WE
HAVE TO KEEP IT CONFIDENCIAL BETWEEN OURSELF UNTILL THE NAME IS CHANGED TO
YOURS AND THE FUND LEFT THE FORMER ACCOUNT TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

THANKS, AND I AWAIT SOONEST RESPOND.

MR GEORGE SANEH.
mrgeorgesaneh@libero.it

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