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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: "James Dale" <jamesdale@consolidated-trust.co.uk>
Reply-To: jamesdale222@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 16:16:06 +0100
Subject: Inheritance Fund

From: James Dale
Private Email: jamesdale222@hotmail.com
Subject: Inheritance Fund
Date: May 29th, 2005.

Dear Sir/Madam I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to
your moral ethics, But please treat it with absolute secrecy and
personal courtesy. I am James Dale an Auditor of a commercial Bank
here in the United Kingdom, in the the process of auditing our bank
accounts I and one of my colleagues discovered that there is a
dormant account valued at the sum $10,000,000.00 (Ten million united
states Dollars) and after due verification of this account we
discovered that the account owner is late and that is why the account
has been dormant and as such a $10,000,000.00 has been lying in the
bank unclaimed.

The idea of presenting somebody who is not related to our deceased
customer to act as his next of kin came into our mind, that is how
and why we have contacted you to present you as his next of kin , so
that the $10,000.000.00 will be paid to you and we can both disburse
the fund according to the percentage we will agree on. In view of
this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding to stand
as the next of kin to our deceased customer, to enable us claim the
fund from my bank. Hence, If this proposal is OK by you and you do
not wish to take undue advantage of my trust, then I hope to bestow
on you.

Please kindly get back to me immediately, strictly via my private
email address only: jamesdale222@hotmail.com to enable me enlighten
you on how we are to proceed. On getting your response, we shall
agree on the percentage of disbursing the $10,000,000.00 between us,
as we intend to invest part of our own share in real estate business
in your country, and we would appreciate if you can put us in the
right part investing in your country. I will not contact any person
or company until I hear from you, so as to enable me decide on what
to do next. Be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free. We
await for your prompt response.

Regards,
James Dale

NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE NOT RELATED TO MY
LATE CUSTOMER, THE FUND WILL STILL BE PAID TO YOU, SINCE WE ARE
PRESENTING YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN.

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