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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: clinton tony <c_tony005@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 12:38:20 +0100 (BST)
Subject: BE THE NEXT-OF-KIN,


Mr.Clinton Tony
THE Director of credit and foreign payment (CFP)
Standard Trust Bank Plc).
Email:c_tony005@yahoo.co.in

My Dear
I am Mr.Clinton Tony the Director of credit and foreign payment of the (Standard Trust Bank Plc) I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account number 14-255-2004/EB/T who perished in the Kenyan air-crash with the whole passenger aboard. Since the demise of this our customer, I personally have watched with keen interest to see the next-of-kin who will come to claim his funds of $18.5MUSD which has been in my bank for a very long time;however nobody has shown up, hence this letter to you.

On this note,I approach you to submit your particulars through me as the next-of-kin so that with my contact in the bank I can process it and the money will leave to any account you will provide. The banking regulations here do not allow such money to stay more than 4 years after this period of time, the bank would usually recall the money to the treasurer. In view of this, I will give you 30% of the total sum after a successful conclusion of the transaction. Any expenses incurred by both parties in course of this transaction shall be refunded from 5% set aside for this purpose.

I shall need the following from you:
1.An account where the fund will be transferred.
2.Your private telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
3.A copy of your Photograph for the applications in the bank.
Finally be informed that the entire transaction is risk-free.

Upon the receipt of the above requirements, we hope to be through with the transaction in 14 working days. Besides,I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and myself from any breach of the law. I hope you will welcome this lifetime opportunity, if so please get back to me in confirmation of your good interest through my Email:c_tony005@yahoo.co.in)to enable us discuss further. Thanks in anticipation of your kind co-operation
Best regards,
Mr. Clinton Tony.






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