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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: dbello4@tiscali.it
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:11:48 +0100
Subject: your assistance

REPLY ONLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS(dvbello22@yahoo.co.uk)
l know that this mail will come to you as a big
suprise since you do
not know me . Please read carefully through this mail
and get back to
me. This is real and please note that this is no scam,
junk or a
joke. This
is real and l need your coperation.
l am david bello, l work with the union bank as a
consultant in the foreign exchange Department.
Sir, there is a dormant account that belongs to one
Mr JHONSON morton; an
Englishman. The said Mr morton is an international
business man,
unfortunately he died in a plane crash in Nigeria some
fews years
back, But
he left in his account fourteen million United States
dollars and right
now there is no next of kin and no address of whom to
contact. So my
boss and l are looking for a foreigner with a foreign
account so will can claim the money. and we
will use as next of kin of mr morton so that we can
claim the money
and share it. So l am asking you to help me complete
thisa
transaction as you will be highly compensated. lnfact
l have decided
that after the transaction you will get 30% of the
money and we can
keep 60% and 10% will be expenses incurred as a
result of
transaction.
please not that this is not illegal and this is no
money laundry
because if we do not claim this money the bank will
claim the money
so please try and help us. lt does not matter which
country you come
from as long as you have an account with which we can
claim the
money.
Please send me your account number and your account
name, the name of your bank and your telephone and fax
numbers so that l can call you.
please note that there is no risk of any type in this
transaction. l
will give you details of my self when you reply me.
REPLY ONLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS(dvbello22@yahoo.co.uk)

Yours Sincerely
david bello



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