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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: micheal_205@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 17:23:13 +0000
Subject: Greeting,

Greeting,

Please excurse me if i have infringe into your privacy.this may be strange
but i have no option but to cry out for assistance.

I am a young African man who lost his parents to civil war. I inherited
the sum of US$32M which my late father deposited with a finacial bank using
me as the next of kin to the deposit.

Now, my problem is that my uncles are looking for my life because of the
money I inherited from my late father and with my age I can not be able
to manage the funds.

Please I need your assistance to save my life and to receive the deposit
and manage the funds in your country.I shall be given you some 20% of the
entire money if you claim the funds from
the bank.

All the documents regarding this deposit is in my position.
Waiting for your urgent respond.

Mr. Michael Kenny
P.S. if your are interested emailled me at (micheal_205@terra.com.mx)



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