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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: "Financial Services" <info@financeservice-uk.net>
Reply-To: financial_services2007@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 02:17:15 +0000
Subject: Business transactions

Dear friend,

I am a registered financial security agent of the FSA (Financial Services
Authority) in the UK; the FSA is attached to the Department of Treasury.I
have been in charge of a particular dormant/suspense account with a balance
of US$12.5 million (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars),which no one from my proficient examination, using the extensive
data protection database, has laid claims to. This account has been dormant
since 1999 and the department has been changing custodians of the funds for
the last 3 (three) years, without a claimant. At this stage, I need a very
reliable and responsible dealing minded person who would assist me in the
claims of the funds, so that it would not be reverted to the British and
European Authorities. I will initiate a systematic transfer of the said
funds into an account opened in your name or company's, whichever you find
to be most appropriate. I will need your response, in order to grant you
access to the detailed facts and figures to this account. I have been able
to contact you; based on information retrieved from the credit reference
database attached to my institution. I will be most willing to go into
partnership with you to see this task completed within a limited time frame.
I assure you there would be no risk to your name or personality. But, you
would be required to open an account, and the institution will guide
accordingly. I hope you understand why I can't disclose exclusive data
at this stage. upon the receipt of youe reply, I will be able to send you
more details regarding this deal. If I do not hear from you in the next few
days I would take for granted you are not terested. It will be a good thing
if you could provide a phone number to reach you. I look forward to an
excellent business relationship with you.

My regards,

Darren.

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