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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: "MR. HASSAN NASRO" <hassan@uymail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hassannasro@zwallet.com
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 10:50:58 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT

VERY CONFIDENTIAL
FROM: MR. HASSAN NASRO ATTN:
DEAR: SIR
I AM THE MANAGER OF BILLS AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE ECOBANK MOROCCO PLC. I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO ASK
FOR SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION TO CARRY OUT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN
MY DEPARTMENT. WE DISCOVER AN ABANDONED SUM OF US$30,000,000.00(THIRTY
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN NOVEMBER 2002 IN A PLANE CRASH. SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF KIN TO COME

OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY BECAUSE WE CANNOT RELEASE THE MONEY UNLESS SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR IT AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDELINES. UNFORTUNATELY, NEITHER THE FAMILY MEMBER NOR THE RELATION HAS APPEARED TO

CLAIM THIS MONEY, AT THIS DISCOVERY, I AND OTHER OFFICIALS IN THE DEPARTMENT NOW DECIDED TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU AND RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION OF THE DECEASE FOR SAFETY AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR

IT AND WE DON'T WANT THIS MONEY TO GO INTO THE BANK TREASURY AS AN UNCLAIMED DEBT. THE BANKING LAW AND GUIDELINES OF ECOBANK MORROCO PLC STIPULATES THAT IF SUCH MONEY REMAINED UNCLAIMED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE BANK

TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND. THE NEED FOR A FOREIGNER AS NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASSIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND A MORROCOCANNOT STAND AS HIS NEXT OF KIN OR HEIR. WE AGREED THAT 30% OF THE MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS FO

REIGN PARTNER, THERE AFTER MY COLLEAGUE AND IWILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGEINDICATED. THEREFORE, TO ENABLE THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THE FUND TOYOU AS INDICATED. YOU MUST APPLY TO THE BAN K AS A RELATION OR NEXT OFKI

N OF THE DECEASED, INDICATING YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER AND LOCATIONWHEREIN THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED. UPON RECEIPT OF REPLY BY MAIL, IWILL SEND TO YOU BY MAIL THE TEXT OF APPLICATION.AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVETHIS LETTER YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY AN

D INDICATE YOUR DIRECTFAX AND CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY ON MY E-MAIL.
hassan555@zwallet.com
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR. HASSAN NASRO
ECO BANK MOROCCO PLC

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