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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: morgan smith <smglo2@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 06:21:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ASSISTANCE FOR CLAIM


Mr Morgan Smith
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
BANQUE TOGOLAISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE
Private email;morsmith@zwallet.com
Phone +2289078630

Pardon me for the mode that I have chosen to contact
you, inappropriate maybe, but prompted by utmost need
and urgency. Be informed that this is a sensitive
proposition for assistance that must be kept between
the two of us in confidence.

Express your acceptance of this term when you respond. I am Mr.morgan smith
the Head of the FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT. BANQUE
TOGOLAISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE of Togo in
West Africa. I am contacting you for a transaction
that will be mutually beneficial. My bank has on its
list of "Dormant" accounts, one in the name of a John
Schelpert, formerly a resident in Lome, Togo, and
owned SCHELPERT & BROTHERS TRADING COMPAINY SARL in
Lome, Republic of Togo. He died in the United States
on 30th of October 1999. He did not leave a
Beneficiary to be reached in such event. This bank
account has been under the dormant status for more
than three years now without any claim for the fund in
our custody having been made. The said account
contains the amount of USD$8.5M ( Eight million, five
hundred thousand in US$). The plan for you to put
claim over this fund as the bona fide Beneficiary to
the deceased, get the required approval and transfer
this money to your account has been put in place by
myself and a couple of my key co-wokers, myself being
the Foreign Operations Dept. Directives and needed
information will be given as soon as you indicate your
desire to assist us. It will be worth noting that, as
far as you have insiders like us to work with in this
very scheme, this is 100% risk free. On conclusion of
this transaction, you will be entitled to 30% of the
total sum, being your reward for your valued
assistance, 5% will go toward the offsetting of any
incurable transfer and taxation fees etc.

The remaining 65% will be shared between us bankers. We
will be monitoring the whole situation here in this
bank until you confirm the money in your account, then
we will come to your country for our share. You are
required to be physically present here or to engage
the services of a local Lawyer. If you can do your
part, take your share and keep your mouth shut, then
respond immediately, sending your full name, address,
private email address and contact phone number,
failure to send these details of you requested herein
when you respond, will indicate your unwillingness to
assist in this regard, and will meet with my silence.

Yours faithfully-

Mr. Morgan smith





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