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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: "Henry Seely" <Henry@box.az> (may be fake)
Reply-To: Henry2005@box.az
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:30:09 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION

Attn: Dear,
I am Henry Seely, before anything i ask if you can be trusted, because one of my late friend
deposited the sum of US$10,000,000.00 in a Finance firm in Europe, and i Called the Finance
firm in order to be sure if the said fund is still There, and the Finance firm has assured
me not to be worried about anything that all i needed is to forward to them my full banking
information where the said fund will be transferred to, and i told them that my Late friend
did a contract in your country with you, that before his death, he wrote a well that the
sum of US$10,000,000.00 should be transferred into your account.
Furthermore, all i needed from you is truth and honest, because i don't want any delay in this
transaction, so as soon as you read my mail, do not fail to reply me with your direct telephone
and fax number together with your full banking information so it will enable me to forward it
to the Finance firm for them to notify you for onward transfer of the fund, for your information,
the sum of 30% will be for you, why the balance 70% will be for me after the transferring
of the fund to your nominated Bank account.
Finally, i will be looking forward to read from you, and please do not fail to reply on time, so the fund
can be transferred to you before the ending of this week.

Thanks and God bless.
Yours Henry Seely.

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