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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • roland_0004@yahoo.co.uk
  • roland_0004@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Roland Jones" <roland_00004@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: roland_0004@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:57:16 -0500
Subject: TRUST NEEDED

FROM DESK OF: MR. ROLAND JONES
GLOBAL SECURITY COMPANY CHINA.
XINGANG DONG ROAD, HAIZHU, GUANGZHOU CHINA
TEL: 86-13710448453
E-MAIL: ROLAND_0004@yahoo.co.uk

ATTENTION: MY FRIEND,

I HOPE MY LETTER MAY COME AS A SORT OF SUPRISE TO YOU HENCE WE HAVE NOT MET
EACH OTHER BEFORE. ANYWAY, I AM MR. ROLAND JONES THE DIRECTOR OF THE ABOVE
FIRM HERE IN CHINA. I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH A BUSINESS
DIRECTORY IN MY OFFICE AND AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION, I DECIDED TO SOLICIT
YOUR INTEREST IN THE BUSINESS I AM ABOUT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO.

FURTHERMORE, LAST TWO YEARS AND HALF WE HAD A CLIENT BY NAME MR. ANTONIO
FERNANDEZ WHO DEPOSITED A CONSIGNMENT CONTAINING FAMILY TREASURE AND
PERSONAL VALUES IN OUR SECURITY COMPANY FOR SAFE KEEPING
PENDING WHEN HE WILL BE COMING TO PICK IT UP. THIS WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT
EXACTLY WAS THE CONTENT NOT UNTIL WE HEARD THAT HE DIED SOME COUPLE OF
MONTHS AGO. IT WAS AFTER THEN THAT WE DISCOVERED THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS
CONSIGNMENT IS MONEY TO A TOTAL OF $2.5 MILLION DOLLARS. RIGHT NOW THE RULES
AND REGULATION OF OUR COMPANY STATES THAT ANY UNCLAIMED CONSIGNMENT AFTER
THREE YEARS OF ITS DEPOSIT WILL BE DECLARED AS THE COMPANY PROPERTY. BUT I
DO NOT WANT THIS TO TAKE PLACE
HENCE I HAVE FOUND OUT IT'S CONTENT.

SO I AM CONTACTING YOU TO KNOW HOW INTERESTED YOU WILL BE IN THIS SO WE CAN
WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS CONSIGNMENT OUT FROM OUR COMPANY STRONG ROOM HENCE
I WILL DETAIL YOU WITH ALL THE INFORMATION IN REGARDING TO HOW WE WILL CARRY
OUT THE DEAL BY PRESENTING YOU AS
THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE ABOVE CLIENT FROM FINLAND.


PLEASE KINDLY GET BACK TO ME URGENTLY SO THAT WE WILL DISCUSS MORE ON THIS
ISSUE. ALSO DO NOT FAIL TO FURNISH ME WITH YOUR DIRECT CONTACT INFORMATION.

DO REMEBER THAT A BUSINESS OF SUCH A HIGH MAGNITUDE
WILL COME TO SUCCESS ONLY IF IT WILL BE KEPT SECRET
AND CONFIDENTIAL.

BEST REGARDS,
MR. ROLAND JONES

N.B, SEND YOUR REPLIES TO THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS:
roland_0004@yahoo.co.uk

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