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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: "Private Investigator" <investigatorscottmoore@msn.com>
Reply-To: st.moore@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:24:18 +0000
Subject: RE: INVESTIGATION/INQUIRY ON AN INHERITANCE.

DEAR SIR,

RE: INVESTIGATION/INQUIRY ON AN INHERITANCE.

MY NAME IS SCOTT MOORE.I FREELANCE AND WORK AS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR FOR
CORPORATE ORGANZATIONS HERE IN AFRICA.RECENTLY I WAS ASK TO HEAD A TEAM OF
INVESTIGATORS ABOUT A CLIENT OF THIS
PARTICULAR BANK HERE IN NIGERIA WHO DIED INTESTATE AND HAS A DEPOSIT WITH
THIS BANK AND ITS AFFILIATE BANK IN EUROPE.UPON HIS DEATH WE TRIED LOOKING
FOR HIS IMMEDIATE RELATION(S) TO NO AVAIL.WE FURTHER GATHERED THAT OUR SAID
CLIENT WHOSE NAME SHALL BE WITHHELD FOR NOW FOR SECURITY REASONS DIED ALONG
WITH HIS ENTIRE HOUSE-HOLD IN THE INFAMOUS TSUNAMI DISASTER WHICH CLAIMED
LIVES AND PROPERTIES IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WHILE ON HIS ANNUAL
VACATION,SEQUEL TO THIS,FERVENT VALUABLE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE
MANAGEMENT OF THIS BANK TO CONTACT ANY MEMEBER OF HIS FAMILY THAT MIGHT AS
WELL STAND AS A NEXT-OF-KIN AS HE NEVER INDIDCATED ANY BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY
DEATH.

IT IS IN THE LIGHT OF THE ABOVE I SUMMED UP COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE TO
CONTACT AND SEEK YOUR INTEREST TO USE YOU AS A FOREIGNER WHO WILL STAND AS
HIS NEXT-OF-KIN BEFORE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BANK UPON MY FINAL
RE-COMENDATION IN THE CAPACITY OF THE HEAD OF INVESTIGATING PANEL SO THAT
THE FUNDS WOULD BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR CUSTODY AS THE BENEFICIARY'S
NEXT-OF -KIN AND FURTHER USED TO ASSIST HIS PEOPLE,THOSE THAT SURVIVED THE
DISASTER,BY PROVIDING RELIEF
MATERIALS,SUPPORTS IN WHATEVER FORM SO THAT HIS LABOUR SHOULD NOT BE
IN VAIN BUT TO LEAVE BEHIND A LEGACY FOR HIS PEOPLE.ALL DOCUMENTS
AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU RECIEVE THIS FUND WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED
OUT AND MORESO AS A PROFESSIONAL IN THIS FIELD,THE SAID FUND WILL BE
CONFISCATED BY TOP MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE OF THE BANK AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL
SEARCH FOR ANY NEXT-OF-KIN.

I AM ASSURING YOU OF 100% RISK-FREE INVOLVEMENT.AT THE END OF THE DAY,WE ARE
ASLO AWARE OF THE FACT THAT SOMETHING HAVE TO BE WORKED-OUT FOR OURSELVES
HERE AND FOR YOU THAT WILL BE RECIEVING
THIS FUNDS.PLEASE,IF THE ABOVE PROPOSAL IS OKAY BY YOU SIMPLY INDICATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS AND I WILL LET YOU HAVE THE PANACEA TO CLAIM IT.

GET BACK TO ME BY PHONE CALL,OR EMAIL.LET ME ALSO HAVE YOUR DIRECT
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
SCOTT MOORE.

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