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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: "Grace Lawal (PHD)," <overseacomp@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:02:43 +0200
Subject: HELP.

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mrs Grace Lawal (phd) bank manager of South Africa Reserve Bank in South Africa. I have an
urgent and very confidencial business proposition
for you. On June 6,2003,a foreign oil
consultant/contractor, Mr. Barry Kelly made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calander
months, valued of US$ 25,000000.OO (TWENTY-FIVE
MILLION US DOLLARS) in my branch
Upon maturity, I discovered from his contractor
employers; the South Africa National Petroleum
Corporation that Mr. Barry Kelly died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I
found out that he died without making a will and all attempts to trace his next-of-kin was fruitless.
This sum of US$ 25 million has carefully been moved out of my bank to a security company for
safe-keeping. No one has come forward to claim it. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you
to come forward as the claimant( owner) of this
money deposited in the security company; in two
trunk boxes, though the security company does not
know the contents of the boxes as I tagged them to
be photographic materials for export. I want to
present as owner of the boxes in the security
company, so can be able to make a claim through the
help of my attorney. This is simple, I will like you
to provide immediately your full names and address,
through which my attorney can prepare the necessary
documents to put you as the owner for a claim. the
money will be moved out for share in ratio of 70%(
for me) to 30%(for you) respectively.

Thanks and God Bless.
Dr Lawal Grace(phd)

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