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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: "Peter Kaan" <peter_kaan4@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:04:00 +0000
Subject: Detailed Explanation.

Dear,

First i must thank you very much for your offer to help me actualise this
transaction and i want to assure you straight away that this transaction is
100%risk/hitch free why because before I contacted you I have perfected
strategies that will guarantee a smooth and hitch free transaction
principally because of my position in this bank.
Like you saw in my proposal letter this money has been lying in this bank
after the death of the owner who is a foreigner here in this country Burkina
- Faso and unfortunately the customer died with his wife and two children in
the Egyptian airways flight mishap of 1999 and since then all efforts to get
across to his relatives profed abortive and since then this money has been
in a dormant account.
Now because of my position in this bank I have decided to use my position to
present any reliable and competent foreigner as the next of kin to the
deceased who should be paid this money.I shall surely influence the
management to issue approvals that you whom we have forwarded as the next
of kin to the deceased should be paid.
Once this approval for payment is granted this money will be transfered into
any of your nominated bank accounts and as soon as this is done I will come
down to your country to see the investment climate there.
As soon as this transaction is over all documents relating to the account of
the deceased customer will be destroyed and the records in our computer
system will be deleted to ensure that in the next one million years no body
will ever have any reason to remember this account again.
What you should do now is to assure me of your capability to do this
business with me by calling me on 00226 78 00 69 14

Moreover,there is a text of an application I will send to you as soon as I
hear from you,which you will fill and send to this Bank as the real and only
bebeficiary of this fund,ok.

You should also feel free to call me on phone number 00226 78 00 69 14 for
us to discuss before i send to you the application.
I am waiting for your urgent response because time is very short.

Thanks and remain blessed as you co-operate.

Sincerely,

Mr.P.Kaan.

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