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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: "Rodney H. Moore" <rice19902001@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: rodney440@mmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 17:55:35 +0100
Subject: FOR YOU ONLY

FROM:
Rodney H. Moore
POST BANK NETHERLAND.
16-19 WATERGRAAFSMEER.
AMSTERADM NOORD. 1130ZE.
Attention: The Director Gen.,
My name is Rodney H. Moore, the manager, credit and foreign bills of Post Bank NL.
I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank late Morris Thompson who perished in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31st 2000, including his wife and only daughter.
1.<http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list>
2. <http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html>

Since the demise of this our customer, whom I could not care less about,I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of us$57 million, [Fifty seven million united states dollars] which has been with my branch for a very long time.It is my branch for I sit on it for a long time mmmm.....
On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin as no one
has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money
to stay long , because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after
this period. In view of this I got your contact through my search via business report from your
web site to see if you can assist. I will give you 25% of the total sum.
Upon the receipt of your response, I will give you contact of a lawyer who can handle the
transaction legally.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch
free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized
within five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased. When
you receive this letter.
Kindly send me an e-mail signifying Your decision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.
For security reasons use this Alternative e-mail
address: rodney440@mmail.com <http://us.f422.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=rodney440@mmail.com&YY=34136&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b>
Respectfully submitted,
Rodney H. Moore

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