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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: "Bouchard Claude" <bouchardcl2005@handbag.com>
Reply-To: bouchardcl2005@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:14:18 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Hello,

It is out of total desperation that i am using this medium to contact you
and solicit for your Assistance in this Business Venture.

My name is Mr.Bouchard Claude. I lived in London , the United kingdom. I
am a legal practitioner in profession. I will eventually give you more details
about myself as time goes on. Due to my relationship with foreign expertriate
and investors, i was introduced to Mr. Andreas Schrenner of Germany in 1994.
Mr. Andreas Schrenner was a property Mogul. Under my supervision and legal
guidance, he fixed deposited the sum of Twenty Five Million Dollars (25
Million Dollars) in a Finance company here in London. On Maturity, i made
my personal contact to reach my client but the effort was in vain until i
was forced to travel to Germany where i was eventually briefed of his death
by an auto crash accident where he lost his wife and children.

The Finance Company could not release this funds to me until i present the
next of kin to late Mr. Andreas. Since it was a secret deposit meant for
business investment here in London, my client did not present any next of
kin. The Finance Company is now relying on my information of the next of
kin inorder for them to release the funds to the right beneficiary. My aim
of contacting you is to present you as the next of kin to Mr. Andreas Schrenner.
The funds will be released to you as soon as i release all the relevant document
to you. I really need your assistace in this medium to stand as the next
of kin and make claim of these funds.

We shall thereafter discuss about the percentage sharing, i will also forward
to you all the neccessary documents and the contact of the finance company
as soon as i receive your response.Reply to (bouchardcl2005@yahoo.co.uk)
along with your phone number and fax for easy communication, your address
to enable me place you in the position of the next of kin, your identification
to enable the finance company recognise you as the beneficiary. Note that
this transaction is 100% risk-free.

Regards,

Bouchard.







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