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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: Simon Beta <sbeta14@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:21:34 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT



Good Day
I am Simon A. Beta, the personal accountant to Mr. Sabir Haleem, a consultant/contractor with the Federal ministry of communication here in Lagos Nigeria. Sometime early December 2004, my client, his wife and their two children went to their home country Thailand for summer holiday but unfortunatly were involved in the recent TSUNAMI wave crises and non of the family survived You will read more stories about the inccident from daily news papers and television stations across the globe.:


All family members living with him travelled with him and were involved in the accident. Since then I have made several enquiries if I can locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they got confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security Company where this huge deposit were lodged. Particularly, the finance company where the deceased had a consignment valued at about US$15.5 million US dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the consignment confiscated within the next 14 official working weeks.

Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for some weeks now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this money valued at US$15.5 million can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 60% to me and 40% to you.I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. All documents of transaction will be destroyed immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.If this Offer is acceptable to you, kindly send your following information stated blow:

a. Your full name and Address
b. Private telephone number
c. Private fax numbers
d. Private email

I look forward to see your urgent respones.
Have a nice day.

Remain Bless,
Mr. Simon A. Beta




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