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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: hall hall <ppeterrhall2000@djmillenium.com>
Reply-To: ppeterrhall@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:57:30 +0000
Subject: Bank representative

Hi,

I am Peter Hall, head of group risk, of one of the multi-national banks
here in London, England.
On Tuesday, 19 January, 1999, one Dr. H. Paul Jacobi, an American
citizen, made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at tens of
millions of
pounds for twelve calendar months in my Bank Branch.

Upon Maturity, we 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 company that Dr. H. Paul Jacobi was aboard the
ill-fated Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean
on October
31, 1999 (http://www.greatdreams.com/PassEAir990.htm). After further
investigation, it was discovered that he died without making a WILL and
all attempts to trace his next of kin proved fruitless.

The total sum is still 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.

In accordance with the British banking laws and constitution, at the
expiration of 6 (six) years, the money will be reverted to the British
Government treasury if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim the
funds.

Consequently, I shall present you as a foreign partner to stand in as
the next of kin to the late Dr. H. Paul Jacobi.

If this interests you, please reply as stated with your private
telephone/fax number as I guarantee that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of thelaw
as I
will use my position as the Bank's head of group risk to secure
approvals
and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

Further details shall be communicated to you upon receipt of your
favourable response.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Peter Hall

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