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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: "Dr. John Taylor" <jn1697@sify.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:06:17 +0400
Subject: STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU

Dear Friend,


I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new
partner from United Kingdom. Presently i'm in
London-England for investment projects with my own
share of the total sum. meanwhile,i didn't forget your
past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring
those funds despite that it failed us some how.


Now contact my Financial manager in Dubai-United Arab
Emirates his name is Mr. Mac Thomas on (
macthomas@sify.com ) ask him to send you the
total of $1,200.000.00 (One Million and two Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) which i kept for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to
assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts
at that time very much. so feel free and get in
touched with my Financial manager Mr. Mac Thomas and
instruct him where to send the amount to you.


Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at
that time. in the moment, I’m very busy here because
of the investment projects which me and the new
partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I
had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your
behalf to receive that money, so


feel free to get in touch with Mr. Mac Thomas, he will
send the amount to you
without any delay.


Regards,

Dr. John Taylor

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