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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: "David Brimley" <davidbrimley2005@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:42:24 +0000
Subject: Urgent!

Mr. David Brimley.
HSBC Holdings plc
8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ
Contact phone:+447031840071
6 August 2005.
ATTENTION:Very Urgent .
Dear friend.
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone
through your remarkable profile on the internet.
Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach
you through it because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured
medium of communication.
I am David Brimley, Branch Manager HSBC Holdings plc, 8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ.I have an urgent and very profitable business proposition for
you that should be handled with extreme confidentiality.
PROPOSITION:
I am the account officer of a foreigner named Gerald Welsh who died in an
earthquake and tsunami-ravaged Indonesian province of Aceh along with his
wife and entire family in December 26 2004 you can confirm this from the
published by CNN.Since his death, none of his next-of-kin
are alive to make claims for this money as his heir, because they all died
in the same earthquake and tsunami-ravaged (May their soul rest in peace).
We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim
as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next
of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked out
by me for the funds (US$5,000,000.00) to be released in your favour as the
beneficiary's next of kin. It may interest you to know that ! we have
secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased
beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of
our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following
information if you are interested.
1.A Beneficiary Names, and Complete Postal Address..In order for me to
prepare the Documents for transfer of the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.For our personal contact and mutual
trust in each other,for more confidentiality and trust.
I shall be compensating you with a million dollars ($1Million dollars) on
final conclusion of this project for your assistance, while the balance
$4million dollars shall be for me for investment purposes. If this proposal
is acceptable by you, please endeavour to contact me
immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust ! I have bestowed in
you, I await your urgent mail to my personal email address.
[davidbrimley45@yahoo.com]
regards,
Mr.David Brimley

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