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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 Sithole" <pausitthiole1@handbag.com>
Reply-To: pausitthole@yahoo.ca
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:36:06 -0800
Subject: Long time

Dear Sir/Madam
I am Mr.Paul Sithole,the district Foreign operation manager International
Commercial Bank Plc Accra-Ghana.I got your contact on my search for a trusted
business partner and I solicit for your assistance in this confidential business
proposal.
THE PROPOSAL:
There is an account in this bank,International Commercial bank which was
opened in 1982 by one Mr.Max Kirchner a Germany National, who worked with
oriental diamond company Ltd Ghana.Since 1990 nobody has operated on this
account.I carried an extensive investigation about the holder of the account
and found out that the owner Mr.Max Kirchner was assasinated in 1990 by unknown
people in his residence thereby abandoning the account.I also found out that
his relations has no contact information in the form he submitted to the
bank at time of establishment of the account.I have secretly removed all
the relevant files to the account from the dormant section so that bank auditors
will not verify the abandoned money and refer it to Federal Treasury.The
credit balance of the said account is US$30m.
My dear,the deal here is that this money in this account will be approved
and remitted to any foreigner who shows up as relation to Mr.Kirchner provided
such person has correct information to the account. As I am with the needed
information I will source all the necessary documents and forward them to
you for direct submission to the bank. With my position we will quietly transfer
the credit balance of the said account to your nominated bank account in
your country with out hitches,but the problem is trust.It is worthy to note
that people are unreliable these days and even derive joy in telling lies.
On this ground I request for your sincere cooperation devoid of greed in
carrying out this transaction so that no one amongst both of us shall defraud
each other at the end. I am prepared to split at 60%---40% for you, provided
that mine (60%) will be intact at the end.Hoping to hearing from you with
the following information before we fordge ahead to full transaction.
{a} Your full name and address
{b} Your telephone or fax numbers for easy communication.
I awaits for your urgent reply.
Warm regards
Paul Sithole


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