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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: "mattaraltayer2002@ommail.com" <mattaraltayer2002@ommail.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 04:36:08 -0500
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam,

Dear Sir/Madam,

ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATE IN
YOUR COUNTRY.

I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or
landed properties in your country on behalf of the Director
of Contracts and Finance Allocations of the United Arab
Emirates Ministry of Works and Housing in Dubai. Considering
his very rategic and influential position, he would want the
transaction to be as strictly confidential as possible. He
further wants his identity to remain undisclosed at least
for now, until the completion of the transaction, hence our
desire to have an overseas agent.

I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree
to act as our overseas agent in order to actualize this
transaction.The deal, in brief, is that the funds with which
we intend to carry out our proposed investments in your
country is presently in a coded account at the emirates bank
Dubai UAE and we need your assistance to transfer the funds
to your country in a convenient bank account that will be
provided by you before we can put the funds into use in your
country.

For this, you shall be considered to have executed a
contract for the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in
United Arab Emirates for which payment should be effected
to you by the Ministry, The contract sum of which shall run
into US$26.4 Million, of which your share shall be 30% if
you agree to be our overseas agent.As soon as payment is
effected, and the amount mentioned above is successfully
transferred into your account, we intend to use our own
share in acquiring some estates abroad. For this too you
shall also serve as our agent.In the light of this, I would
like you to forward to me the following nformation:

1. Your company name and address if any 2. Your personal fax
number
3. Your personal telephone number for easy communication.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this
proposal through my above stated email address after which
we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this
transaction through.
Your quick response will be highly appreciated.

Thanks you in anticipation of your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
ENG. MATTAR AL TAYER
Assistanet Director General for Roads,
Dubai Municipality, UAE

Please if any interest reply me throght my personal mail
address ::maltayer11@yahoo.ca

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