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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: emailcontact <mailbox44@ultapulta.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:52:40 -0600
Subject: REPLY,

Dear Sir,

I am Barr.Douglas Mark a british citizen and the
attorney to Dr. Jean Bertrand Aristide former
President of Haiti and I am currently residing in
london.Your contact details were given to me by one
Engineer James Robert who made me to understand that
you were actually looking for an investor.
My client Dr. Jean Bertrand Aristide had
transferred sum large amount of money in a
security/finance firm overseas for his Family usage in
case the political instability in his country Haiti
bringing an end to his office as the president which
did eventually happened.

Now,upon his dethronement,my client Dr. Jean Bertrand
Aristide has asked me to arrange for a foreign Partner
who will help him to move the money into a private
account any where in the world for investment on the
foreign partner's name.This is why I am seeking your
assistance to move this fund into your private account
in your names and thereafter, we can use it for
further investment in your country.

I am looking forward for any one who can help us to
make this business a success.kindly help us because my
client can not do anything because he is in asylum in
far away Africa.

contact me on this e-mail address :
douglasmark@graffiti.net as indicated above
or you can also call me on my phone number:
+44 774 657 3682 or fax me through: +44 870 130 6669
(my office fax number) to show your interest on this
request.Please Note That this information must be kept
absolutely secret and confidential,this is for the
security of client and his family.

Kind Regards,

Barr.Douglas Mark.
Tel: + 44 774 657 3682
Fax: + 44 870 130 6669

douglasmark@graffiti.net

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