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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: "PRINCE WILLAMS" <princewilliams2@worldbusinesslink.org>
Reply-To: princeyobo200@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 04:36:32 +0100
Subject: confidential

From: PRINCE YOBO
Bills & Exchange Department
Irish Nationwide Building Society
Ireland.

Email:princeyobo200@yahoo.co.in

PRIVATE AND URGENT

I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer
of a huge sum of money from a deceased customer's
account who On the 25th of July 2000,
the deceased, German property magnate Andreas
Schranner, 64, his wife Maria, 62, their daughter
Andrea Eich, 38, her husband Christian, 57, and their
children Katharina, eight, and Maximilian, 10, all
perished in the jet.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude
might make anyone apprehensive,I would like to assure
you that we are sending you this mail with the best of
intensions.

PROPOSAL;
Since then We have been trying to get this funds out
of the bank, the
sum of US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million United States
Dollars) in an account that belongs to our foreign
customers who died along with his entire family in the
above accident
stated above.

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations
has come forward to lay claims to this money as the
heir. We cannot release the fund from his account
unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to
the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to
have you stand as a next of kin to the
deceased as all documentations will be carefully
worked out by us for the funds (US$12,000,000.00) to
be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next
of kin.

It may interest you to know that we have secured from
the probate court, an order of madamus to locate any
of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the
following;
1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.

These requirements will enable us file a letter of
claim to the appropriate departments for necessary
approvals in your favour before the transfer can be
made. We shall be compensating you with 3 Million
Dollars on final conclusion of this project, while the
rest shall be for
us.

Your share stayswith you while the rest shall be for
us for investment
purposes in your country.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take
undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you,
I await your urgent response to this
email.

Regards,
PRINCE YOBO

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