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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: "Peter Mikel" <petermikel_11@msn.com>
Reply-To: petermikel@o2.pl
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:52:44 +0000
Subject: URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM

GOOD DAY,


I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO
NOT KNOW ME, CONSIDERING THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD MAKE ANY
APPREHENSIVE. LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU.

MY NAME IS PETER MIKEL THE HEAD OF FIXED INCOME TRADING DEPARTMENT OF A BANK
IN MY COUNTRY.I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE INFORMATION
CENTRE HERE IN MY COUNTRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO
BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VERY HONEST, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN
THIS BUSINESS VENTURE.

FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED
TO DO. A FORIGNER LATE SALWAR NASSAR, OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR , UNTIL HIS
DEATH, OVER THE PAST YEARS AGO, WAS A VICTIM OF AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE FLIGHT
990 PLANE CRASH. HERE IS DETAILS ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH.

(www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.h
http://www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html)

THE DECEASED, SALWAR NASSAR, BANKED WITH US AND HAS A CLOSING BALANCE AS A
JULY 2003 WORTH $8.5MILLION (EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS). WHICH MY BANK, NOW EXPECTES A NEXT-OF-KIN TO CLAIM AS THE
BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS, EFFORTS HAS BEEN MADE BY MY BANK DIRECTORS TO GET
IN TOUCH WITH THE SALWAR NASSAR'S FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT TO NO SUCCESS BASED
ON THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE SALWAR NASSAR'S
NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE DECLARED
ACCOUNT.

IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN
OF LATE SALWAR NASSAR SO THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED.ALL
DOCUMENTS,AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED
OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM THE DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH
TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.

IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH
30% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 65% AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO
OFFSET EXPENSES BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONAL.IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES
YOU, PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH MY DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS INCLUDING YOUR CELL
PHONE NUMBER FOR
QUICK AND EASY COMMUNICATION.

I ANTICIPATE YOUR RESPONSE.


RGDS,
PETER MIKEL

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