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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: "ALI HASSAN" <alihassan_45@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: alihassan_45@zwallet.com
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:09:17 +0100
Subject: MASSAGE FROM ALI HASSAN

Good day to you.

I am MR. ALI HASSAN ; the son of Hassan Balhas Ghadar, a Lebanese. He was
a Seasoned Contractor with Benin Cement Company in Benin Republic., who
Unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight
Boeing 727 in Cotonou,Benin republic on the december 25,2003.

You will read more stories about the crash on visiting his Website:www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/
story/0,1280,-3555201,00.html
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

Before his death on the 25th December 2003, Mr.Ghadar has a fixed deposit
account with tFINANCIAL bank and no other person knows about this account
or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary but me
as the only son/person left in the home after he incident.

according to my fathers will,he stated that i dont have access to this funds
unless i provide an oversea account and oversea guidians who will stand
as my oversea agents to invest this funds for my furture since am still
24 yrs old.

Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my extended relatives
oversea , this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to contact you. I contacted you to assist in repatriating
the money left behind by my father before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank.

Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of my relatives
for over 5 weeks now.I seek your consent to present you as oversea gudian
and agnets so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$9.6 million
can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 80% to me and
20% to you.I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back
up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. i also assure you 100% risk
free of this transaction, cause am the bonafide next of kin to this funds..

If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email your following information
to me:

a. Complete names
b. Private telephone number
c. Private fax number
d. Private email

Until you write,have a nice day and God bless. You can as well contact me
at( alihassan_45@zwallet.com

Sincerely,

MR ALI HASSAN



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