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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: "From Mr. Michel Lafont." <micbank1@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: milafont_cb@yahoo.com.au
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:04:28 -0700
Subject: BANK (please reply as urgent)

From: Mr. Michel Lafont
Regional General Manager
Banque Internationale pour Commerce et L'Industrie
( www.bicici.org ) BICICI BANK.
Subject: Transfer of U.S$16.152Million
Dear confidant,
I am writing you following the information I got on the internet about the investment prospects in your country.
I am Mr. Michel Lafont, I am the Regional General Manager and heads the Foreign Operations Department of
Banque Internationale pour Commerce et L'Industrie (BICICI BANK).

During auditing I discovered a sum of $16.152Million US dollars(Sixteen Million, one hundred and fifty two thousand U.S
dollars) in dormant account that belongs to a foreign customer Mr. Simeone Lych Aguiar who died
along his family in a plane crash in France. Since past three years I personally confirmed Mr. Simeone Lych Aguiar's death,
nobody has applied for claims as next of kin or relation to the deceased as stipulated
in our banking guidelines.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I am making this business proposal to you, to release the funds to you as the next of kin
to our deceased client Mr.Simeone Lych Aguiar for subsequent disbursement between us since nobody will come for it and I do
not want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

On confirmation of these funds U.S$16.152Million into your designated bank account, I will come to your country to meet with you
for immediate disbursement of the funds between both of us, 70% of the total funds will be released to me on my arrival to your country,
your share will be 28% while 2% will be mapped out for all expense. Immediately I receive your reply, I will advise you subsequently for
the immediate take-off of the transfer of these funds to your designated bank account.

Endeavor to send to me your private telephone and fax numbers to enable us open-up proper and secured communication immediately.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is risk-free because we are transfering these funds legally and considering also my position
in the bank you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements will be perfected for the transfer which will take only three
bank working days upon your submission of an application letter of claim.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this mail through my private mailbox.

Best regards,
Mr. Michel Lafont

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