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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: "Mr.Tonye Briggs" <tonyebriggs@londonnation.net>
Reply-To: briggstonye555@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 20:36:18 +0000
Subject: Hello Goodday

Hello Goodday,

My name is Mr.Tonye Briggs, I am the credit manager in a bank here in the
United Kingdom. I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of
money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this
magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you
that everything has been taken care off, and all will be well at the end of
the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION;

I am the account officer of a foreigner named Gerald Welsh who died in an
air crash along with his wife in 31st October 1999 an Egyptian airline 990
with other passengers on board. you can confirm this from the website below
from published by CNN.WEBSITE PUBLISHED ON CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this
money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident(May his soul
rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone
applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have
you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be
carefully worked out by me for the funds (US$9,000,000.00) to be released in
your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin. It may interest you to know
that we have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of
the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the
following information if you are interested.

1.A Beneficiary name....In order for me to prepare the document for transfer
of the funds in your name.

2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.......For our personal contact and
mutual trust in each other.

I shall be compensating you with three million dollars ($3Million dollars)
on final conclusion of this project for your assistance, while the balance
$6million dollars shall be for me for investment purposes. If this proposal
is acceptable by you, please endeavour to contact me immediately. Do not
take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.

I await your urgent reply.

Best Regards,

Mr.Tonye Briggs.

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