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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: "alex jones" <alexmjones@webpim.at>
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 12:55:31 GMT
Subject: Unclaimed Next Of Kin

Important Message
Date:09/06/2005
From: Mr. Micheal Phelps
Good day to you

I am writing on behalf of a client of our bank,who died
after winning the lottery.He won $10,000,000.00(Ten
Million US Dollars),after hearing the good news he had a
stroke.He was a foreigner and he was known as Alex Jones.
I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the
next of kin as no one has come upto be the next of kin.
He was 77 years old and he has no
relative. Now the funds are left unclaimed for, If it is
not claimed now it will be handed to the government as
unclaimed funds. I want you to claim for the funds as a
relative of his , i will give you the winning lottery
number and the other details and you will send it to the
bank as the next of kin. I am a worker at the bank and i
will send all the details to your email, we will share the
total funds 50/50. I and my partners,will share 50% you
take the rest of the 50%. The country is not stable now, so
we should move now. You will take the rest for your work
and assistance.The whole process will be done in a day. It
just takes 24hrs.We want to use our share of the funds as
an investment. Once i hear a postive response from you i
will funish you with all the other details.Please leave
your full name and contact details so that i can contact
you back. The most important thing is that can i trust you
and that you wont let us down? Please email me at any time
if interested, i am available so that we can begin. My
private secure email is: michealphelps@dellmail.com
business is risk free everything is legal. You have nothing
whatsoever to worry about.
Thank you
Respectfully submitted,
Mr Micheal Phelps Email: michealphelps@dellmail.com

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