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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: paul.landy@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:17:54 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?OFFICE=20OF=20THE=20DIRECTOR=20OF=20CREDIT=20CONTROL=2CSTANDARD=20BANK=20LONDON=20LTD?=

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CREDIT CONTROL,
STANDARD BANK LONDON LTD
5TH FLOOR
CANNON BRIDGE HOUSE
25 DOWGATE HILL
LONDON
EC4R 2SB
UNITED KINGDOM
ALTERNATE EMAIL: Paul_landy01@yahoo.co.uk

RE: REQUEST FOR YOU TO STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MY CLIENT

Attention:-Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Paul Landy, The director of credit control, Standard Bank PLC.I
was mandated by the Managing Director of Standard Bank PLC to ascertain
your interest and capability to co-perate with us in actualizing this highly
rewarding project on repatriation of funds to your personal account in your
country. Are you willing to be presented as the bonafide beneficiary to
Mr.Frank Nelson,a crude oil merchant. Who operated a fixed account of four
million five hundred thousand dollars (US$8,500,000) in our bank, Standard
Bank Until his untimely death by the Bali bomb explosion in Indonesia.

Sequel to his death, the Bank made concerted effort to contact the immediate
family in order to re-claim and transfer the ownership of the fund.Unfortunately,the
Bank discovered recently that the same Bomb Explosion while on holidays
also drastically affected the immediate families of the depositor Mr.Frank
Nelson.

Apparently, the fund is now in full custody of the Bank. After a very serious
survey. I and the CEO of the Bank decided to repatriate this fund to a trustworthy
and reliable overseas bank account for high yield investment portfolios.The
modality of disbursing the fund will be iscussed fully with the Bank-Account
owner/provider, which we are offering you. All the documents establishing
the deposit of the fund and empowering you to be Beneficiary of the fund
will be perfectly secured in your name if interested in helping secure
the fund.

Transfer of this fund can be swiftly and successfully implemented within
14 bank working days if you provide the necessary overseas infrastructure
required to realize the objective. Please protect my position in my bank
by keeping everything secret and confidential until we transfer this funds
to your destination.

Please I Await your reply.
Sincerely,
Mr. Paul Landy.



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