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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: Don Nath <donnath1@personal.ro>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:10:25 +0300
Subject: URGENT







Hello,

I got your email address through search in the Internet.I hope
and pray to God that I have the right person who will assist me.
I am ( DON NATH ), the personal account officer to agreat late
INDUSTRIALIST ( foreigner Late Engr Adam A William )who has an
account here in our bank.The account was opened since and he
died without a written or oral (WILL) and since 2000 nobody has
operated on this account again hence the money is floating and
if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited
for nothing.

I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount
into your safe account for unward investment.You can either
provide us with an existing account or to set up a new Bank
account immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c
can serve to receive this money,as long as you will remain
honest to me till the end for this important business trusting
in you and believing that you will never let me down either now
or in future.The amount in this account is USD$30,000,000.00M
(Thirty Million united million dollars) only.

We will start the first transfer with Twenty million
[$10,000,000.00]. Upon successful transfer without any
disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the
payment of the remaining balance of $20,000,000.00 million to
your account . I am only contacting you as a foreigner because
this money can not be approved to a local person here, but can
only be approved to any foreigner who has the correct
information of the account which I will provide to you. At the
conclussion of the transfer you willtake 30% for you, 10% for
any expenses incurred in this business and the remaining 60%
for me, As soon as I hear from you we will then start to
process the transfer of the fund to your account without further delay.

Am waiting urgently to hear from you for details.

Regards and Closing with anticipation,

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