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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: "Phillip Conde" <pillconde@sandsassociate.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:38:55 +0000
Subject: Account portfolio manager

Top of the day to you,

I am Mr. Phillip Conde, a private financial consultant /Account portfolio
manager. I happen to have managed a particular account for a Resident
Foreigner, here in the United Kingdom, who died Intestate, leaving in our
care a sizeable amount in a domiciliary United States Dollars Investment
Account about five years ago. For some reasons, this client does not have
an easily identifiable next of Kin. I have made several enquiries to
locate any of my client’s relatives; immediate and extended, this has
proved unsuccessful, hence, I am contacting you. I need your assistance in
securing the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the Security & Finance house here in Europe. The
Security Firm and Finance House has already issued a Government Mandatory
formality notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated
and this should expire within a month.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives for over
two years and convinced that no one is coming forth, and haven satisfied
the mandatory legal requirement of Beneficiary/next of kin Notification, I
now seek a reliable and trustworthy person, with your consent and perfect
understanding, to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that
the proceeds of this account valued at Twenty One Million, Three Hundred
And Twenty Thousand United States Dollars, interest inclusive, can be paid
into an account to be provided by you (preferably outside the United
Kingdom Financial Institutions or its Isles), as the perceived Next of
Kin, legally and otherwise.

All I require is your honest cooperation and confidence in me; which I know
would not come easy. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate background that will protect you from any breach of the law. I
would advise that you give this positive consideration and get back to me
soon. I'll be flexible and considerate in the percentage share that will be
given to you for your assistance. Upon receipt of your response I'll send
to you my private number so that you can reach me for further discussion.
I expect your urgent response and if in the affirmative, with a
confirmation of your full name and present location, I shall then advice
you on what we need to do.

Best regards,
Mr. Phillip Conde.
Suffolk. United Kingdom.

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