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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: stevejohn@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 01:13:41 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20ATTENTION=20NEEDED?=

FROM THE DESK OF STEVE JOHN.
Wing Hang Bank Ltd. Stubbs Road Branch,
Ground Floor, AIA Building, 1 Stubbs Road,
Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

I am Mr.Steve John, Bank Manager Wing Hang Bank Ltd, Stubbs Road Branch,
Hong Kong. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for
you. A British Oil consultant and contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals
Corporation, Mr Raymond Beck made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve
calendar months, valued at US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million United States
Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a Month, we sent a reminder and
finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Chinese Solid Minerals
Corporation that Mr.Raymond Beck died in a plane crash along with his wife
Mr and Mrs Raymond & Dorene Beck in EgyptAir Flight 990,1999 air crash(for
more information about this crash and person you can contact this website:
http://www.s-t.com/daily/11-99/11-02-99/d08ho174.htm Since we got this information
about his death and on further investigation, I found out that he died without
making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Raymond Beck
did not declare any Kin or Relations in all his official documents, including
his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$12,000,000.00 is still
sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal
sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.
According to Laws of Hong Kong, at the expiration of 7 (seven) years, the
money will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody
applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like
you as a Foreigner to stand in as the Next of Kin to Mr.Raymond Beck so
that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some
corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide
immediately your full Names and Address so that the Attorney will prepare
the necessary Documents and Affidavits that will put you in place as the
Next of Kin. We shall employ the services of an Attorney for drafting and
notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter
of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank account
in any part of the world that you will provide will then facilitate the
transfer of this money to you as the Beneficiary/Next of Kin. The money
will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 90% for me
and 10% for you.There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction
will be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees
the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please
reply immediately via the private email address above. Upon your response,
I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will
help you understand the transaction. Please send me your confidential telephone
and fax numbers for easy communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality,
and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both
of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your
country. Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address: chow_wong4@uymail.com

Regards,
Steve John . (Wan Chai, Hong Kong)
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