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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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  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: Micheal wagner <michwagner1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 21:09:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: message from micheal wagner


To whom it may concern.


My name is Micheal Wagner .I am a British Citizen aged 30 yrs old. I and my parents live in Indonesia where my parents have their multi industrial estate company. I write to seek for an assistance from you if you could be of any help. my parents were involved in the recent Tsunnamis bomb attack during their inspection of one of our new agricultural ground near the tsunnami's event occured . Being the only child of my parents, I have to start on with my life since I can not even locate any of my father's or mothers families in London . ever since my parents gave birth to me, I have only been to London for once , and that was when I was 12 yrs old. Now I am 30 and I am seeking your assistance to help me with the retrievement of my father's large deposit in one of the banks here . actually, I do not know how to go about it .

But I have all the neccessary collective documents . As an engineering student, I have no idea or clue in anything concerning banking . so I seek that, if you are sincere and can be to me in this project , you can help me so that the deposit sum made by my recent late parent (us$7.6m) will be released to you upon my behalf. I have outlined already that 20% of the money be yours for your assistance in helping me with the arrangements. I have all the banks contact details including the deposits documents which I will give you more details as soon as I receive a positive response from you . As British Indonesia born citizen, I will like you to be my future custodian and come over to take care of my parents business which I will perosnally equipe and prepare all the neccessary documents with the help of an attorney here in Indonesia .

All I want is your trustworthines and sincerity . if you are very sincered with me just as I am going to be with you, I bet we will be able to work and gain all of this so that I don;t loose my parents assets on the employees . pls respond very urgently to me so that we can start working on the funds release from the bank . looking forward to hearing from you via my ADDRESS ABOVE.


Best Regards
Master Micheal Wagner




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