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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: "thomas green" <thomasgreenthefourth@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 00:29:47 +0000
Subject: BENEFICIARY

For your attention

This is in respect to your non-response of our earlier letter to you on
behalf of the Trustees and Executors to the Will of our late client. I wish
to notify you that you where listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of
FIVE million five hundred thousand British Pounds because of the power
bequeath on us in the codicil and last testament of the deceased. Until his
death he was a major shareholder in big companies here. He was a very great
Philanthropist during his lifetime. He died on 9th January 2004 at the age
of 68.He was buried on the 3rd of February. Even though he was a foreigner
living and working here, he requested before his death that he be buried
here in his words, I regard here as my home and the people as my people".

For your information, we have nominated you mainly because you bear the same
SURNAME as our client. we can easily work and make claim of this sum with
your cooperation. We therefore reckoned that you can receive this funds. All
the legal papers will be processed on your response. In you acceptance of
this deal, we request that you kindly forward any proof of identities of
yours, your current Telephone and fax numbers and forwarding address to
enable us file necessary documents at our high court probate division for
the release of this sum of money from the Bank.Congratulations and send our
phone number for further discussions.

Yours faithfully,

Thomas Green.

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